Lot 916

HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)

Wood boats from Dalmatia, Venice
signed and dated 'H.S. Tuke 1899' (lower right)
watercolour
24.5 x 45cm

Provenance
Probably Tuke register R315, bought by Cecil R.L. Brooks (based on an entry in Tuke's diary, September 1899);
By descent to Henry Cecil Brooks;
Sale, Bonhams, 23rd September 2004, lot 370, where acquired by the present owner

Literature
The Diary of Henry Scott Tuke 1923-1925, transcribed by B.D. Price;
Catching the Light - The Art and Life of Henry Scott Tuke, Catherine Wallace, 2008, p.80

Estimate:	£3,000 - £5,000
Hammer price:	£2,800

Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Footnote
The present work was painted by Tuke during his visit to Venice in May 1899 when he stayed with Horatio Brown at the Casa Torresella on the Zattere. His diary entry for 29th May states, 'A good grey day and did some Trabacoli (wood boats). Tuke returned to England in June and July his gallery at Grove Place, Falmouth opened, a joint venture with fellow artists William Ayerst Ingram and John Herbert Downing. The Falmouth packet reviewed the exhibition and commented specifically on the present work, 'Mr Tuke has broken fresh ground, so to speak. He seems to revel in the queer-shaped boats and sails with various designs on the later.'

Condition Report

The sheet is sound, clean and flat; excellent condition overall with strong original colour; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.

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