CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928)
DESIGN FOR STENCIL DECORATION FOR 14 KINGSBOROUGH GARDENS, 1901
£4,788
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
pencil and watercolour on paper, pencil annotations, later framed
Dimensions
sheet size 21.9cm x 29.8cm (frame 40.3cm x 47.5cm)
Provenance
Provenance: Acquired by William Meldrum, after the Memorial Exhibition 1933
and by descent to his son, James Meldrum
Given to The Glasgow Art Club by Eva Meldrum, widow of James Meldrum, 1984
Footnote
Literature: Billcliffe, R., Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs, Cameron & Hollis 2009, pp.132-133,1901.67 illus.
Note: This delicate design for a wall frieze is a study for 14 Kingsborough Gardens in Glasgow, the property of Fra Newbery’s mother-in-law Mrs Rowat. Dating to circa 1901, Billcliffe states that the design of Kingsborough Gardens was notably feminine, with detailed stencilled motifs of stylized flowers decorating the walls.
This sketch, and the other works by Mackintosh in this sale, belonged to James Meldrum, having come from the collection of his father William Meldrum, Mackintosh’s friend and fellow student at the Glasgow School of Art in the 1880s. James Meldrum notably staged the 1933 Memorial Exhibition of Mackintosh’s work in the MacLellan Galleries on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, along with his friend William Davidson. After James’ death, his widow Eva gifted the vast body of the William Meldrum Collection to the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. The series of works offered here were gifted to the Glasgow Art Club in the 1980s and now appear on the open market for the first time.