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Philip Wilson Steer OM, British 1860-1942 - Harwich Estuary with Shipping, 1913; oil on canvas,...
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Philip Wilson Steer OM,
British 1860-1942 -
Harwich Estuary with Shipping, 1913;
oil on canvas,...
Price Realised: £31,440
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
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Lot 2
Description
Philip Wilson Steer OM,
British 1860-1942 -
Harwich Estuary with Shipping, 1913;
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left 'P W Steer 1913', 66.5 x 91.5 cm
Provenance:
Sir Gervase Beckett;
Mrs. Bathurst Norman;
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, no.28942, 1968 (label attached to the reverse of the frame);
The Collection of Professor W. M. Ballantyne (1922-2021) and thence by descent
Exhibited:
The Fine Art Society, London, 'A Barrister's Collection: A Lifetime of Collecting by Professor W. M. Ballantyne', 5th-21st March 2014, cat. no.48, illus. no.8
Literature:
Bruce Laughton, 'Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942', Oxford, 1971, no.492
Note:
Steer painted a number of works at Harwich in 1913, including 'Misty Evening, Harwich, 1913' now in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery and 'Sunset, Harwich Harbour, 1913' which was features in the major touring exhibition 'Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942: Paintings and Drawings' organised by the Arts Council in 1986. In the catalogue for the Arts Council show, these works are defined by the 'constant traffic of fishing vessels...and the changing moods of the vast, open sky'. As such, these works demonstrate Steer's complete mastery of impressionism and the examples of the great masters, Turner, Whistler and Monet, in his depiction of the transitory effects of light on water.
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