MOST EXCITING COLOURIST SALE IN SCOTLAND FOR A GENERATION AT BONHAMS IN AUGUST
Bonhams is pleased to announce that as part of its Annual Scottish Sale in August it will be offering an outstanding collection of paintings by the Scottish Colourists. Works by all the major artists of the Colourist movement are featured, including ‘Peony Roses’, an important picture by S J Peploe, estimated at between £300,000 and 500,000.
In recognition of the special nature of the occasion this year’s Scottish Sale will be held in two parts. Part I will feature Furniture, Books, Works of Art, Silver, Jewellery, Ceramics, Glass, Arms and Armourand will take place over 3 days 16- 18 August inclusive.
Part II, to be held on 31st August, will consist of an evening sale of Fine Scottish Paintings including the Colourists works which will be sold at the beginning of the auction at 6.00 p.m.
Bonhams is the only international auction house to sell Scottish art in Scotland. The Managing Director of Bonhams Scotland, Miranda Grant, said, “I’m delighted that we are able to offer so many wonderful paintings by some of Scotland’s greatest artists. It is many years since there has been an auction of this depth and quality in Scotland and it is a real privilege to be entrusted with a sale of this importance.”
Many of the Colourist works have been consigned from an overseas private collection. In addition to Peploe’s‘Peony Roses’, other outstanding works to be auctioned include ‘Blue Studio George Street’ by F C B Cadell, (est £200,000-300,000), ‘The White Room’ also by Cadell (est £200,000-300,000), Peploe’s ‘Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Fan’ (est £200,00-300,000) and ‘At the Milliners, Paris’ by John Duncan Fergusson (£180,000 – 250,000).
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further five throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, New York and Boston in the USA; Toronto, Canada; and France, Monaco, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. By the end of 2009, Bonhams had become UK market leaders in ten key specialist collecting areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com
