4th Mar, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
  Lot 56
 

56

James Morrison RSA, RSW, LLD (1932-2020) Scottish
"Old Montrose"
Signed and dated 1971, oil on canvas, 39.5cm by 49.5cm

Sold for £2,400
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

Covered in a layer of surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Arc shape approximately 10cm in length to the lower left corner, one approximately 9cm vertical up from the lower edge, right of centre and areas vertically down the right hand side - to the right of the signature, a few small slight indentations below the centre of the canvas these are likely intrinsic to the canvas. A number of brown marks within the left side of the canvas. An area of craquelure within the white of the cloud left of the yellow left of centre of the sky and an area within the sky left of centre of right hand side edge. The canvas has slightly slipped in the frame. See images.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 4th Mar, 2023

Two drawings by the masterful L.S. Lowry are on offer in our Spring Modern & Contemporary Art Sale, "The Stepped Street" and "The Sea", which span Lowry's artistic career and represent to of his overriding interests: the streets of Greater Manchester and the Sea. Also on offer is a fine work by Australian artist Arthur Boyd, a good selection of Northern Art by the likes of Braaq, Arthur Delaney and Stuart Walton, Canadian Art, sculpture by Sally Arnup, Lorenzo Quinn and David Wynn, and a good offering of prints by L.S. Lowry, Henry Moore, Edward Bawden, Bob Dylan and Billy Connolly. 

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