10th Jul, 2022 12:00

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction

 
  Lot 5
 

THE PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, A SIGNED LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPH BY JOHN BELLANY

* JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA (SCOTTISH 1942 - 2013),
THE PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
lithograph on paper, signed and numbered 12/100
image size 40cm x 30cm, overall size 52cm x 42cm
Framed and under glass.
Note: Commissioned by Canongate Publishers in 2001. The image was used as a book cover design for ‘Two Stories’ by Sir Walter Scott in their Pocket Classics series. Writer Sir Ian Rankin revealed in a Guardian article in 2007 that he had "a John Bellany limited edition print showing Sir Walter Scott" hanging above his mantlepiece.

 

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Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £600


 
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