SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GILLIES C.B.E., L.L.D., R.S.A., P.R.S.W., R.A. (SCOTTISH 1898-1973)
STILL LIFE WITH MELON
£3,000
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Day Sale: 16 June 2022 | From 15:00
Description
Signed, signed on the stretcher verso, oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.5cm x 51cm (10in x 20in)
Provenance
Exhibited: Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Sir William Gillies - One Man Exhibition, 1970
From the collection of the late Dr Angus Gibson, to be sold to support the University of Edinburgh Art Collection
Footnote
It is thought that this painting dates from the early 1950s. It is one of at least ten works which feature the same 'brown poppy-jug' as identified by the artist's biographer Andrew McPherson.
We are grateful to Andrew McPherson for his assistance in researching this work.