Sir William George Gillies, R.A., R.S.A., P.R.S.W. (1898-1973), Autumn Flowers

Sir William George Gillies, R.A., R.S.A., P.R.S.W. (1898-1973)
Autumn Flowers
signed 'Gillies' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 29 7/8 in. (91.5 x 76 cm.)

Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Provenance
Dr Winifred Rushforth.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 September 2010, lot 122, where purchased by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM BELMONT HOUSE, SUSSEX

Literature
J. Soden and V. Keller, William Gillies, Edinburgh, 1998, p. 32.

Exhibited
Edinburgh, Scottish Society of Artists Exhibition, 1938, no. 43, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Museum, Enterprise Scotland 1947 Exhibition, August - September 1947, exhibition not numbered.
Edinburgh, Scottish Gallery, Group Show, December 1947, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Royal Scottish Academy, William Gillies Retrospective, February 1970, no. 34: this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, Art Gallery and Regional Museum, March 1970; London, Royal College of Art, September - October 1970; and Glasgow, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, October - November 1970.