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William McTaggart, RSA RSW (British, 1835-1910) West Wind, Machrihanish 78 x 103.5 cm. (30 3/4 x 40 3/4 in.) image 1

William McTaggart, RSA RSW (British, 1835-1910) West Wind, Machrihanish 78 x 103.5 cm. (30 3/4 x 40 3/4 in.) image 2

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Lot 1045^*

William McTaggart, RSA RSW
(British, 1835-1910)
West Wind, Machrihanish 78 x 103.5 cm. (30 3/4 x 40 3/4 in.)

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The Scottish Sale

16 – 31 August 2011, 11:00 BST

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£40,000 - £60,000

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William McTaggart, RSA RSW (British, 1835-1910)

West Wind, Machrihanish
signed 'W McTaggart' (lower right)
oil on canvas
78 x 103.5 cm. (30 3/4 x 40 3/4 in.)
Painted in 1904

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
With Alexander Reid, Glasgow
The artist's family
E.N. Marshall, by whom purchased in 1911
Gifted to Loretto School, Musselburgh, by his estate in 1970
With Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London

LITERATURE:
Possibly J.L. Caw, William McTaggart, - A Biography and an Appreciation, James Maclehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1917, p. 274 (as 'Idle Moments')

In many respects this picture encapsulates William McTaggart's art. Three girls play on the shore at Machrihanish, an idyllic scene which the artist would have regularly witnessed with his own large family. The figures are finely resolved but still typically diaphanous, suggesting human life in harmony with its surroundings and yet fleeting in the context of timeless nature. The handling is typically free and painterly, with running surf and touches of colour.

The study for this painting (14 x 19 in.), signed and dated 1904, formed part of the noted Thomas Godfrey Kirkness collection of William McTaggart paintings.

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