ALEXANDER MOFFAT O.B.E., R.S.A. (BRITISH B. 1943) §
THE CONSTRUCTORS: FORTH ROAD BRIDGE (HOMAGE TO LEGER)
£10,000
Auction: 18 March 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Dated 1964 verso, oil on two connected boards
Dimensions
183cm x 183cm (72in x 72in)
Footnote
Note: This work was executed in 1964 whilst Moffat was still at Edinburgh College of Art. He and his good friend, artist John Bellany, both submitted a large scale artwork to a local competition and this piece was Moffat's entry, though he cannot now recall who won! The work was directly inspired by French artist Fernand Leger's 'heroic' paintings of workers. To young artists like Moffat, the new bridge was an iconic symbol of Modernity in Scotland. The optimism reflected in paintings like this was to be short lived, however, as more austere times approached in the 1970s.