Lot 47

DOROTHY JOHNSTONE A.R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1892-1980) §
ELSPETH





Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Day Sale | Lots 1 to 108 | Thursday 04 December 2025 from 2pm
Description
Signed and dated 1958, oil on canvas
Dimensions
66cm x 69cm (26in x 27in)
Provenance
Exhibited:
Royal Scottish Academy, London, Annual Exhibition, 1958, no.118
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow, Annual Exhibition, 1959, no.328 (£60)
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Summer Exhibition, 1967
Footnote
The sitter for this portrait was Elspeth Bates (née Cormack). She sat for Johnstone over a period of six days in late December 1957 to early January 1958.




