21st Aug, 2022 12:00
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
THE NEWSPAPER HAT, AN OIL BY JOHN BELLANY
* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013),
THE NEWSPAPER HAT
oil on canvas, signed, titled verso
image size 61cm x 51cm, overall size 77cm x 67cm
Framed.
Provenance: Acquired by the vendor at the John Bellany Exhibition, Gracefield Arts Center (Dumfries), 2004.
Note: Collector demand has never been higher for the work of John Bellany and numerous examples have been sold in recent years both by McTear's and others at ever more impressive prices. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 29th May 2022 "The Finnon Smoker" by Bellany sold for £80,000 (hammer) and in the same sale, "Bass Rock Fable" (a 76 x 61cm unframed oil) sold for £12,000 (hammer). "The Newspaper Hat" is considered by the writer to be an outstanding example of John Bellany's late-career work.
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Sold for £9,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £8,000
Condition Report
Condition of the picture is good overall.
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