16th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
British, European & Sporting Art
1087
Charles Hodge Mackie RSA, RSW, PSSA (1862-1920) Scottish
"Pastures..." (In the Esk Valley)
Signed, signed and inscribed to stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 48cm by 55cm
Provenance: Phillips and Sons Fine Art, Marlow
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £400 - £600
All keys present, and canvas has good tension.
The very coarse canvas and thick paint and ground have cracked at the turnover edges, which are visible from the face all around. There are a few scattered small losses associated with this, particularly to the top right corner, middle left top edge, bottom left edge some of which have been retouched. Mostly secure. There is a larger patch of retouching to the top right corner, which is matt in reflected light. There is some further minor, secure cracking to the bottom right corner associated with the coarse canvas.
There are some larger scale cracks in the thick paint of the sky, the bottom of the sea, and in the far land on the right hand side. These are very slightly raised with some sharp edges but mostly secure and no flaking evident. There is a diagonal scratch top right, possibly retouched or likely done during the painting process?.
Some old ingrained dirt, and a good fairly even surface gloss.
Examined in frame.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Mar, 2024
Coming up for auction this Spring are three notable works by Adolphe Valette (1876-1942), a French Impressionist artist who spent the majority of his career in the North of England. Whilst he is best remembered today as being the highly influential tutor to L.S. Lowry, Valette created a significant body of work in oils, watercolours and drawing media. All three works are sold with provenance from The Perera Collection, the largest collection of works by Valette to have been assembled in private hands.
Further notable works in the sale include an exquisitely detailed still life of a peach, black grapes and cobnuts on a marble shelf by Emilie Preyer (1849-1930), and a work by historical genre painter Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) that depicts the hero of a popular comic ballad, John Gilpin.
The sale will also see the final part of the Raymond Booth Studio, comprising 19 works. Raymond Booth (1929-2015) was perhaps the greatest botanical artist and illustrator of his generation, and his passion for the natural world shines through in his highly detailed oil studies of flora and fauna.
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