Lot 228
ATTRIBUTED TO J. HERBERT MCNAIR
THREE-FOLD 'OWL' DRAUGHT SCREEN, CIRCA 1895
Auction: 31 October 2018 at 11:00 GMT
Description
stained wood, glass and textile panels
Dimensions
175cm x 188cm
Footnote
Provenance: J. Paul Getty, Sutton Place
Michael Whiteway, London
Literature: The Studio Volume II, No. 54 September 1897 p.225
Robertson, Pamela 'Doves and Dreams: The Art of Francis Macdonald and James Herbert McNair', Lund Humphries 2006, pp. 68-70, plates 4.1 and 4.2.
Note: This screen is a variant of the 'Owl' screen illustrated in The Studio magazine in September 1897, now untraced. The 'Owl' screen formed part of a group of furniture and decorative arts made by McNair around this time, some of which had been exhibited at the Queen's Rooms in Glasgow in 1895. McNair had been attending classes in the applied arts at the Technical Art Studios since its inception in 1893. The Technical Art Studios were set up by Fra Newbery, the inspirational director of the Glasgow School of Art, to extend the facilities of the School and to broaden the experience of the students.