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Louis Bosworth Hurt
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- Louis Bosworth Hurt
- After the Storm, Glen Dochart, Perthshire
- signed and dated l.r.: Louis B. Hurt 1890.; also signed and titled on the stretcher: After the Storm, Glendochart, Perthshire/ Louis B. Hurt
- oil on canvas
- 102 by 152.5cm., 40 by 60in.
Provenance
Richard Green, London, 1987
Condition
The canvas has been lined. There are some very minor spots of surface dirt in isolated places. Otherwise in good condition, generally clean and ready to hang. Ultraviolet light reveals some very light spots of retouching to the sky area and one or two very minor suggestions elsewhere. Held in a decorative gold painted frame in fair condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Louis Bosworth Hurt is best known for his evocative paintings of placid and beautiful West Highland cattle. After the Storm, Glen Dochart, Perthshire is a wonderful example of the artist at the height of his career. The sense of the passing storm is almost tangible in the dramatic sky, the light that breaks through the clouds and the streams now flowing down the hills. The highland cattle which cross the river are on the old drover's road from the Isles to the autumn cattle market in Stirling. The mountain in the centre of the composition is Ben More with Coire Chaorach rising up into the mist alongside it.
Hurt was born in Ashbourne in Derbyshire and did occasionally paint on the Derbyshire moors; however it was the wilderness of the northern Highlands that inspired him. A prolific painter, Hurt exhibited thirteen paintings from 1881 at the Royal Academy in London and twenty-six at the Royal Society of Artists on Suffolk Street.