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Lot 106AR

Joan Eardley RSA
(British, 1921-1963)
Catterline 34 x 44 cm. (13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

25 September 2014, 14:00 BST
Edinburgh

Sold for £23,750 inc. premium

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Joan Eardley RSA (British, 1921-1963)

Catterline
oil on board
34 x 44 cm. (13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
in the artist's original joiner-made frame

Footnotes

Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist in 1950s by a family friend in Glasgow

Executed in the mid 1950s, the present lot is probably an early depiction of Catterline, where Eardley bought a cottage in 1955. There are areas of thick impasto on the cottage, haystacks, horizon and around the figure, while planes of tone in the sky and foreground are applied thinly. Further revealing the range of her expressive vision at the time are the application of strong colour, particularly effective in the sky and horizon to the right.

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