George Leslie Hunter Still Life with Chair and Vase of flowers
1018*
George Leslie Hunter (British, 1877-1931)
Still Life with chair and vase of flowers
signed twice 'L Hunter' (upper and lower left)
oil on canvas
54.6 x 65.5 cm. (21 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.)
Estimate:
£80,000 - 120,000
€95,000 - 140,000
US$ 120,000 - 180,000

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    With Cork St Gallery, London, 1971, where purchased by
    Fulton MacKay, 3 September, 1971
    Trustees of the Late Fulton MacKay
    With Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London

    EXHIBITED:
    London, Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, George Leslie Hunter, 16 June - 4 July 1990, no. 35
    London, Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, The Scottish Colourists, 29 June - 29 July 2000

    LITERATURE:
    Roger Billcliffe, The Scottish Colourists, John Murray, London, 1989, (plate III)

    Hunter was consistently the most painterly of the Colourists, and this characteristic oil painted circa 1930 underpins the more spontaneous flowers and fabric with the structure of arcs and planes of furniture, door and book.

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Property from an Important Private American Collection

Category: Fine Art / Scottish Art

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