SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH 1891-1972) §
THE SNAKE AND THE BULL (AESOP'S FABLES), 1945
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: The Gillian Raffles Collection Day - Lots 74 to 123 - Friday 02 May at 10:00
Description
signed in ink (lower right), inscribed It is better to have an evasive body than to have decisive weapons. Aesop in pencil (lower centre); also titled, dated and inscribed SASKATOON CITY in pencil (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 52cm x 38.5cm (20 ½in x 15 1/8in);
together with THE GRASSHOPPERS AND THE ASS (AESOP'S FABLES), 1945, signed in ink (lower right), inscribed One man's meat is another man's poison. Aesop (lower centre); further titled, dated and inscribed SASKATOON CITY (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, sheet: 38.5cm x 46.5cm (15 1/8in x 18 ¼in)
Dimensions
all unframed (2)
Provenance
The Collection of Gillian Raffles.