William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989)
Lot 244

William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989)

Reclining Woman

Closed26 June 2015

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GBP 11,250

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William Scott, R.A. (1913-1989)
Reclining Woman
signed 'W. Scott' (lower right)
gouache and pencil
9 x 11¼ in. (22.9 x 28.6 cm.)
Executed in 1955.
This work is recorded in the William Scott Archive as No. 2329.
There is a charcoal sketch of a seated nude by the same hand on the reverse.

with Hanover Gallery, London.

Specialist note

On 25 October 1956, Helen Kapp, Director of the City Art Gallery and Museum, Wakefield, wrote to William Scott: 'I am happy to tell you that 2 small works have been sold Three Pears, Pan, Plate and Knife (£45) and Reclining Woman (£20)'.

The drawing on the reverse of Reclining Woman relates to Seated Nude, 1954 (S. Whitfield (ed.), William Scott Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings, Vol. 2 1952-1959, London, 2013, p. 108, no. 253).