Live Auction 784920th Century British & Irish Art
Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962)
Lot 54

Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962)

Man and pig

Closed27 May 2010

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GBP 34,850

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Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962)
Man and pig
signed 'R. Colquhoun' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 15½ in. (59.3 x 39.4 cm.), unframed
Painted circa 1953.

Anonymous sale; Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 19 April 1997, lot 2862, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work relates to the right hand side of Figures in a Farmyard by Robert Colquhoun, painted in 1953, which is in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. There is a similar painting called Man and Pig in the collection of the Leicestershire Education Committee. Prunella Clough also owned an oil study of the pig on its own, simply called A Pig.

We are very grateful to Roger Bristow, Davy Brown and Robin Muir for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.