29th Sep, 2022 10:30
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction
SCOTTISH HARBOUR, A LARGE OIL BY JOHN BELLANY
* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013),
SCOTTISH HARBOUR
oil on canvas, signed, further signed and dated 1994 verso
image size 152cm x 152cm, overall size 169cm x 169cm
Framed.
Note: Collector demand has never been higher for the work of John Bellany and numerous examples have been sold in recent months 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). In our 21st August 2022 auction, lot 137 "The Newspaper Hat" (a 61 x 51cm oil) sold for £9500 (hammer) - probably the highest auction price achieved for a post 1969 example of these dimensions by Bellany. "Scottish Harbour" (likely Port Seton) is one of the larger examples we've offered in recent times and has been consigned by a private Scottish collector. This large composition is more detailed than many of Bellany's harbour scenes and is, as one would expect, a magnificent celebration of "colour".
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Sold for £7,500
Estimated at £7,000 - £12,000
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