HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Ship at Falmouth
oil on panel
20 x 29cm
Provenance
Geoffrey Sainsbury (The artist's nephew);
Brian D. Price Collection 1963-1999, from whom acquired by the present owner
Exhibited
Lincoln, Usher Gallery, Exhibition of Works by Henry Scott Tuke, 1st September - 2nd October 1965, no.96 (as 'Ship')
| Estimate: |
£5,000 - £8,000
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Hammer price:
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£4,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Footnote
The execution of the present work is recorded in Tuke's Diary entry for 6th December 1924:
Out to the Barque 'Hippen' a most beautiful day with late silvery blue effect. Shifted the anchor four times as the vessel moved around. Out pollacking for an hour, caught one 4lbs. & nothing more.
The Diary of Henry Scott Tuke 1923-1925, Part of the Tuke collection held at the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth, annotated by Brian D. Price. (cited in Usher Gallery exhibition catalogue).
