William Scott

Hanover Gallery, London
Acquired from the above in 1966

London, Hanover Gallery, William Scott, 1961, no. 8, illustrated
Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and travelling, Arte Britanica no seculo XX, 1962, no. 63, illustrated in colour
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Kompas 2. Contemporary Paintings in London, 1962, no. 74, illustrated in colour
Bern, Kunsthalle, Victor Pasmore William Scott, 1963, no. 35, illustrated in colour
Belfast, Ulster Museum, William Scott, 1963, no. 38, illustrated
Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery, 1966-1967, temporary loan, details untraced
London, The Tate Gallery, and travelling, Recent British Painting. Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Collection, 1967, no. 17, pp. 54-55, illustrated

Robert Melville, 'William Scott', Motif 8, Winter 1961, p. 43, illustrated in colour
Alan Bowness, William Scott: Paintings, London 1964, no. 124, illustrated

Colours: The overall tonality is much lighter and fresher in the original. Condition: The artist used a prepared canvas. However, he used the unprepared side to paint on. He did this on purpose to get a very matt brown paint layer around the blue square. The canvas does not have a good strain: Too loose; irregular; deformations. Left side in the middle, and right side top: Two scratches in paint layer and linen, some matt white spots in the blue square. Superficial scratches in the brown parts. On the whole the painting is in good state. The defects can be restored. These restorations would be invisible with the naked eye.
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The present work is registered with the William Scott Archive as no. 123.
We are grateful for their help in cataloguing this work.