Boats at Cassis
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1927' (lower left)
watercolour
17.5 x 24cm
Provenance
Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 22nd July 1981, lot 51;
Sale, Bonhams London, 12th April 2011, lot 1, where acquired by the present owner
Literature
Maria Tuke Sainsbury, Henry Scott Tuke - A Memoir, Martin Secker, 1933, p.178
The present work will be on view at Cromwell Place on 26th & 27th September
Estimate: | £3,000 - £5,000 |
Hammer price: | £2,800 |
Footnote
Tuke visited Cassis with his friend Renny Stradling in January 1927 before driving to St. Tropez. After several weeks painting there he returned to Cassis in early March. Tuke describes in a letter to his sister, Maria, that 'there are some beautiful things here, but it is very tame after the other place.' (St. Tropez)
Condition report
The sheet is sound, slight discolouration to the background but generally in good,overall condition. Held in a plaster gilt frame; under glass, unexamined out of frame.