About this lot

Description

Alastair's Aunt / Study of Nancy Redpath, circa 1916 conté on grey paper 32 x 25cm

Footnote: Provenance: Artist's collection Thence by family descent Exhibited: Edinburgh, Fine Art Society, William MacTaggart and Other Famous Scottish Painting Families, 1989 Executed around 1916, during her training at Edinburgh College of Art, the present lot is believed to be the earliest known work by Anne Redpath. As an early student work, Redpath’s drawing of Nancy is distinctive from the evocative scenes of domesticity and expressionistic landscapes that came to define her work at the height of its maturation. After her death in 1965, Redpath’s studio was sealed and her three sons, Lyndsay, David, and Alastair, were invited to select works until the studio was left empty. The present lot was selected by Alastair Michie, the eldest of the brothers. Anne’s sister, Nancy Redpath, the sitter of the portrait, sadly died of consumption in her early forties.

Back to lot listings