Live Auction 5969Victorian & British Impressionist Art
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, R.S.A.(1868-1928) and Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (1864-1933)
Lot 78

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, R.S.A.(1868-1928) and Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (1864-1933)

Study of a rhododendron

Closed13 December 2012

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GBP 18,750

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh, R.S.A.(1868-1928) and Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (1864-1933)
Study of a rhododendron
signed, inscribed and dated 'WALBERSWICK/M/M/M/C/R/M/1/9/1/5' (lower centre) and further inscribed 'R/H/O/D/O/D/E/N/D/R/O/N' (centre right) and further indistinctly inscribed
pencil and watercolour on paper, unframed
10¼ x 8 1/8 in. (26 x 20.6 cm.)

Specialist note

Mackintosh had made detailed drawings of flowers since his student days, culminating in a large group of pencil and watercolour studies produced at Walberswick in 1914-15, which included the present drawing.