HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Cervo, Liguria
signed with initials 'H.S.T' (lower right) and inscribed 'Cervo' (lower left)
watercolour on paper
13.5 x 20.5cm
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to his sister, Maria Tuke, thence by descent to her great niece;
Sale, Bonhams, Oxford, 16th November 2011, part lot 116, where purchased by the present owner
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£400 - £600
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Hammer price:
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£400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
The present work is a preliminary sketch for 'Cervo, A Ligurian Rock Village, 1904', Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Tuke Collection; see B.D. Price, The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 2nd Edition 1983, R431.
Condition report
The sheet is sound and colour strong, minor surface dirt off lower border, otherwise good overall condition; framed and under glass.
