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William Scott
DEEP BLUES
Lot 9
Price Realised:
€50,000
Estimate:
€40,000 - €60,000
William Scott CBE, RA, 1913-1989
DEEP BLUES
Gouache, 22 1/2" x 30" (57.1 x 76.2cm), signed and dated '72. This work is registered in the William Scott Archive as number 1012.
Provenance: Sant'Agostino, Torino, 19 March 2000, no.326.
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Lot 9
William Scott
DEEP BLUES
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Lot 9
William Scott
DEEP BLUES
Estimate:
€40,000 - €60,000
William Scott CBE, RA, 1913-1989
DEEP BLUES
Gouache, 22 1/2" x 30" (57.1 x 76.2cm), signed and dated '72. This work is registered in the William Scott Archive as number 1012.
Provenance: Sant'Agostino, Torino, 19 March 2000, no.326.
Exhibited: Falchi Arte Moderna, Milan, 1972, No. 8 (gouache).
It is fascinating to look at how Scott, one of the leading international painters of his generation, travelled in and out of complete abstraction throughout his career. More interesting is how, over decades of change, he continued to retain vestiges of the unpretentious still life objects , the simple kitchen implements that preoccupied him from the start.
Coming right after his most abstract period, works from the early 1970s reintroduce the familiar bowls and pots of the past, but they now have a distinctly more pared down emblematic character. The bowl at the centre of this watercolour is removed from the kitchen, is given more gravitas. The overall feeling is ceremonial, reinforced by a strict geometry that is reminiscent of religious imagery. In this painting a bowl sits on a luminous blue ground where we can see echoes of the darker blue vessel. This blue ground is watery, ethereal and seductive but has been given weight by its blocky perimeter.
Scott was always interested in the edges of a painting and in this one you can clearly see how the main action is focussed on the perimeter, where the sides of two white vessels are visible. The artist created strong lateral tension, the white shapes pulling the eye horizontally in two directions, as if the perimeter bowls were connected by a taut imaginary rubber band. For Scott, the picture was never about the subject. As we can see in this painting, it's always about animating space: giving life to the empty space around and between objects and creating visual tension.
Dr Frances Ruane HRHA
October 2022
DEEP BLUES
Gouache, 22 1/2" x 30" (57.1 x 76.2cm), signed and dated '72. This work is registered in the William Scott Archive as number 1012.
Provenance: Sant'Agostino, Torino, 19 March 2000, no.326.
Exhibited: Falchi Arte Moderna, Milan, 1972, No. 8 (gouache).
It is fascinating to look at how Scott, one of the leading international painters of his generation, travelled in and out of complete abstraction throughout his career. More interesting is how, over decades of change, he continued to retain vestiges of the unpretentious still life objects , the simple kitchen implements that preoccupied him from the start.
Coming right after his most abstract period, works from the early 1970s reintroduce the familiar bowls and pots of the past, but they now have a distinctly more pared down emblematic character. The bowl at the centre of this watercolour is removed from the kitchen, is given more gravitas. The overall feeling is ceremonial, reinforced by a strict geometry that is reminiscent of religious imagery. In this painting a bowl sits on a luminous blue ground where we can see echoes of the darker blue vessel. This blue ground is watery, ethereal and seductive but has been given weight by its blocky perimeter.
Scott was always interested in the edges of a painting and in this one you can clearly see how the main action is focussed on the perimeter, where the sides of two white vessels are visible. The artist created strong lateral tension, the white shapes pulling the eye horizontally in two directions, as if the perimeter bowls were connected by a taut imaginary rubber band. For Scott, the picture was never about the subject. As we can see in this painting, it's always about animating space: giving life to the empty space around and between objects and creating visual tension.
Dr Frances Ruane HRHA
October 2022
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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