SCOTTIE WILSON (BRITISH 1891-1972) §
THE RAVEN AND THE SWALLOW (AESOP'S FABLES), 1945
£1,386
Auction: The Gillian Raffles Collection Day - Lots 74 to 123 - Friday 02 May at 10:00
Description
signed in ink (lower right), inscribed ‘Your beauty is but for the summer but mine will stand many winters’ Aesop. in pencil (to right hand side); further titled, dated and inscribed SASKATOON CITY (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, (38cm x 53cm (15in x 20 7/8in);
together with THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE (AESOP'S FABLES), 1944, signed in ink (lower right), titled, dated and inscribed LONDON ONTARIO (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 38cm x 54.4cm (15in x 21 3/8in);
and a further THE VAIN JACKDAW (AESOP'S FABLES), 1945, signed in ink (lower right), inscribed ‘Had you been contented with what nature made you, you would have escaped the chastisement of your betters and also the contempt of your equals.’ Aesop. (lower right); further titled, dated and inscribed PAINTED AT R.C.AF. MOOSEJAW - SASKATUAN in pencil (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 52.5cm x 38.5cm (20 5/8in x 15 1/8in);
and a further EAGLE AND THE WEASEL (AESOP'S FABLES), 1945, signed in ink (lower right), titled, dated and inscribed SASKATOON CITY TO FLYING OFFICER GORDON DAVY R.A.F. REGINA R.C.A.F. - CIRCLE GALLERY 1968 in pencil (to reverse), ink and watercolour on paper, 52cm x 38.5cm (20 ½in x 15 1/8in)
Dimensions
all unframed (4)
Provenance
The Collection of Gillian Raffles.