Lot 125

ROBERT HENDERSON BLYTH R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1919-1970) §
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Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Evening Sale | Lots 103-196 | Thursday 05 December from 6pm
£4,032
Description
Signed, watercolour
Dimensions
28cm x 38cm (11in x 15in)
Provenance
Literature:
Andrew, Patricia R., A Chasm in Time: Scottish War Art and Artists in the Twentieth, Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, 2014, ill. second frontispiece and p.151.
Footnote
Andrew writes ‘Like many of his watercolours of the War, this shows humans within a wooded landscape. In the foreground is a burnt-out tracked vehicle, with shattered trees in a roped-off area labelled ’Mines'. Beyond, civilisation is present in the form of a ‘Scottish Churches Huts’ mobile canteen, clean and undamaged, providing bodily and spiritual sustenance to the troops.'




