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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 23, 2012 | Christie's | London | 20th Century British & Irish Art Evening Sale | 10 | $****** - ****** | Complexity: Mrs Julian Lousada |
paintings
61 x 55.9 cm (24.02 x 22.01 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'J.D. FERGUSSON 1915' (on the reverse), signed again twice 'J.D. FERGUSSON' (on the stretcher and on the frame), inscribed and dated again 'COMPLEXITY 1915' (on an artist's label attached to the stretcher)
Mrs Margaret Morris Fergusson. with Fine Art Society, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 1975.
London, Connell Gallery, John Duncan Fergusson Exhibition, Painting and Sculpture, 1918, no. 6. London, Lefevre Gallery, John Duncan Fergusson Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, 1939, no. 4. Edinburgh, l'Institute Français d'Ecosse, John Duncan Fergusson Exhibition of Paintings of France and Scotland, February - March 1950, no. 26. London, Lefevre Gallery, John Duncan Fergusson Exhibition of Paintings, 1955, no. 9. Edinburgh, Arts Council, Scottish Committee, Royal Scottish Academy, JD Fergusson Memorial Exhibition of paintings and sculpture, November - December 1961, no. 74: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum, December 1961 - January 1962; Dundee, Art Gallery, January 1962; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, February 1962; Stirling, Smith Art Gallery, March 1962; Perth, Art Gallery, March - April 1962; and Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, May - June 1962. London, Leicester Galleries, A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by John Duncan Fergusson, May - June 1964, no. 67. London, Fine Art Society, J.D. Fergusson, 1874-1961: exhibition of paintings and sculpture, September - October 1974, no. 59: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum; and Edinburgh, Fine Art Society. Manchester, City Art Gallery, on loan from the J.D. Fergusson Art Foundation.
Exhibition catalogue, John Duncan Fergusson Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Edinburgh, Arts Council, 1961, pp. 32-33, no. 74, pl. 13. K. Simister, A Living Paint: J.D. Fergusson, Edinburgh, 2001, pp. 92-93, illustrated (the artist with the painting).
