SAX SHAW (BRITISH 1916-2000) §
SHONA AND A CAT
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 25 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Signed and indistinctly dated lower right, watercolour and pencil
Dimensions
38cm x 29cm (15in x 11.25in)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist's son.
Exhibited: Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh, Sax Shaw Memorial Exhibition, September 2012, no.46
Footnote
The online catalogue for the Sax Shaw Memorial Exhibition states that this work is ‘A developed drawing of Sax’s next door neighbour. This period saw numerous sketchbooks filled with quickly executed portrait sketches often made in the local pubs. A few were developed like this into more formalised drawings and paintings.'