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Lot 40

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Scottish 1912-2004 -   Assisi (pink & green), 1955;  

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Lot 40

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham,
Scottish 1912-2004 -
 
Assisi (pink & green), 1955;
 

Price Realised: £3,900

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 40

Description

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham,

Scottish 1912-2004 -

 

Assisi (pink & green), 1955;

 

pencil and gouache on paper, signed and dated lower left 'W. Barns-Graham 1955' and inscribed on the reverse of the frame, 41.5 x 53 cm (ARR)

 

Provenance: private collection, purchased directly from the artist; thence by descent

 

Note: artist's label attached to the reverse of the frame

 

Barns-Graham studied at Edinburgh College of Art, where she was taught by William MacTaggart, and where her contemporaries included influential Scottish artists such as William Gear, Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. After moving to St Ives, Barns-Graham also became part of the artistic community there, befriending prominent artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Naum Gabo, Bernard Leach, Ben Nicholson, and Alfred Wallis.

 

The present work is a great example of her output in the 1950s, which consisted largely of studies made during her European travels, with her flowing line drawings of Swiss glaciers followed by similarly striking and geometric depictions of Italy, which she visited on three occasions between 1953 and 1955.

Her works are in a number of public collections, such as the Tate Britain, the V&A, and the British Museum in London, and the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.

 

 

 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.
(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

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