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Forms
Details
William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989)
Forms
signed 'W SCOTT' (upper right) and inscribed and dated 'FORMS 1958' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.8 cm.)
Forms
signed 'W SCOTT' (upper right) and inscribed and dated 'FORMS 1958' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Hanover Gallery, London, where purchased by Galeria d'Arte Galatea, Turin, July 1959.
Dr Silvano Ceravolo.
with Connaught Brown, London.
with Spink-Leger, London, as 'Still Life', where purchased by the present owner, 1998.
Dr Silvano Ceravolo.
with Connaught Brown, London.
with Spink-Leger, London, as 'Still Life', where purchased by the present owner, 1998.
Literature
A. Bowness (intro.), William Scott: Paintings, London, 1964, p. 37, no. 106, illustrated, as 'Still Life (MJ1)', and also listed as no. 97, as 'Forms', with incorrect illustration.
Enciclopedia Universale SEDA della Pittura Moderne, SEDA, Milan, 1969, p. 2530, illustrated, as 'Composizione'.
E. Crispolti, Correnti Contempoanee della Pittura Inglese, Milan, 1970, p. 52, illustrated, as 'Composizione, 1955'.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, p. 212, as 'MJ1'.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings 1952-1959, vol. 2, London, 2013, p. 225, no. 378, illustrated.
Enciclopedia Universale SEDA della Pittura Moderne, SEDA, Milan, 1969, p. 2530, illustrated, as 'Composizione'.
E. Crispolti, Correnti Contempoanee della Pittura Inglese, Milan, 1970, p. 52, illustrated, as 'Composizione, 1955'.
N. Lynton, William Scott, London, 2004, p. 212, as 'MJ1'.
S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott: Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings 1952-1959, vol. 2, London, 2013, p. 225, no. 378, illustrated.
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria d'Arte Galatea, William Scott, May - June 1959, no. 7: this exhibition travelled to Milan, Galleria Blu, May - June 1959.
Bergamo, Galleria Lorenzelli, William Scott, February 1978, catalogue not traced.
Bergamo, Galleria Lorenzelli, William Scott, February 1978, catalogue not traced.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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