The Scottish Sale                             

The Assembly Rooms  George Street  Edinburgh 

31st October 2002  Sale at 2.30pm

 

                            

Comment:  

Alexander Meddowes and Laura Lindsay, Specialists in Charge

                        

“Christie's annual Scottish sale, held in Edinburgh attracted competitive bidding from an international audience for works by Scottish artists and of Scotland spanning three hundred years.  The enduring appeal of the Scottish Colourists was reflected in the strong price achieved for Samuel John Peploe's Roses in a blue and white vase, which far exceeded its pre-sale estimate.  Christie's South Kensington will include a Scottish section in their British Pictures sale on 6 March 2003 .”  

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Erskine Nicol, R.S.A., A.R.A. (1825-1904)
Looking out for a safe investment
signed and dated 'Nicol. 1876' (lower right)
oil on canvas
43 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (109.5 x 81.6 cm.)

Sold for £25,095

London, Royal Academy, 1876, no. 942.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1885, no. 315.

Erskine Nicol was born in Leith and trained at the Trustees' Academy. He developed his particular style of genre painting, which is characterised by a gentle humour, in Ireland during a four year residence in the late 1840s. He moved to London in 1862, where he continued to paint both Irish and Scottish subjects, exhibiting at both the Royal Academy and British Institution.

Nicol's title wryly indicates the serious purpose of this little boy, who avidly scans a curiosity shop through the window, his purse dangling from his arm. His elder brother, who has already acquired a picture, presumably offers his advice upon the considered wares.

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Contact in Scotland:  Bernard Williams

Tel: +44 (0) 131 225 4756 

Alexander Meddowes  (Scottish Pictures)  London

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