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Robert MacBryde (British, 1913-1966) Bird of Paradise image 1
Robert MacBryde (British, 1913-1966) Bird of Paradise image 2
Robert MacBryde (British, 1913-1966) Bird of Paradise image 3
Lot 24AR

Robert MacBryde
(British, 1913-1966)
Bird of Paradise

21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Edinburgh

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

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Robert MacBryde (British, 1913-1966)

Bird of Paradise
signed 'Robert MacBryde' (lower right), and bears signature and number 'ROBT MCBRIDE/73' (verso)
oil on board
44 x 44cm (17 5/16 x 17 5/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
With Austin Desmond Fine Art Ltd., Ascot, 1987, stock no. 505.20.
Sale, Christie's, London, 9 November 1990, lot 211.
Sale, Christie's, London, 14 November 1997, lot 303.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).

The present work and another by Robert Colquhoun, offered in this same auction, were painted whilst the young artists were in their second year at the Glasgow School of Art.
Handling the same subject of a bird of paradise, one can sense that they were sitting next to one and other, possibly even using the same paints given the similarity in palette. This shared practice gives an early indication of the life that the artists would go on to share with each other.

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