4th Mar, 2014 12:30

Paintings, Drawings & Prints

 
  Lot 1513
 
Lot 1513 - * MURRAY MCNEEL CAIRD URQUHART RBA (SCOTTISH...

* MURRAY MCNEEL CAIRD URQUHART RBA (SCOTTISH 1880 - 1972), THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS oil on canvas, signed 51cm x 68.6cm (20 x 27 inches) Note : A smaller oil on board version of this painting was sold by Christies Glasgow 18.9.86 Lot 120 (48cm x 58cm - 19 x 23 inches) for £7000 (premium). Murray Urquhart was the son of Dr Andrew Urquhart, of Oakley, Kirkcudbright. His mother, who died two weeks after Murray's birth was the daughter of Alexander McNeel Caird, Procurator Fiscal for Wigtowhshire. Urquhart trained at Ediburgh College of Art, The Slade, Westminster School of Art and at Academie Julien in Paris. Eleven of his paintings are held in UK public collections.

 

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Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500


 
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