ALASDAIR GRAY (SCOTTISH 1934-2019) §
RED BETH
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 22 January 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Inscribed 'Beth & Emily' verso, ink and wash and acrylic on red paper
Dimensions
75cm x 53cm (29.5in x 21in)
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist.
Footnote
Note: This work is illustrated on page 144 of Gray's book, ‘A Life in Pictures’, published by Canongate, Edinburgh, 2010. Gray wrote the following about this work:
“Beth McCulloch was a housewife and mother without time to develop her own artistic ability, so was glad to help me make pictures she could not make herself. This one was drawn on a big sheet of tough red paper from the Sauchiehall Street studio of a friendly fashion photographer who had used it as a background. Beth's faith in my art greatly helped me as my marriage became difficult.”