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Two Anemones (Purple) (i); Two Anemones (Red) (ii)
Details
Rory McEwen (1932-1982)
Two Anemones (Purple) (i); Two Anemones (Red) (ii)
signed 'Rory McEwen (lower right) (i); signed Rory McEwen' (lower left) (ii)
watercolour on vellum (i, ii)
15 x 10 ½ in. (38 x 26.5 cm.) (i, ii)
Executed in 1963-1964 (i, ii).
together with; Rose, Glorie de Ducher (iii); Violets with Leaves (iv); Pomegrante (v); and Moth and Leaf (vi), signed and dated 'Rory McEwen 1972' (lower right) (iii, iv, v, vi), numbered '29/50' (lower left) (iii, iv, v); and inscribed '...Proof' (lower left) (vi), etching (iii, iv, v, vi), 13 1/8 x 16 ½ in. (33.3 x 42 cm.) (iii, iv, v); 10 x 8 ¼ in. (25.5 x 21 cm.) (vi)
Two Anemones (Purple) (i); Two Anemones (Red) (ii)
signed 'Rory McEwen (lower right) (i); signed Rory McEwen' (lower left) (ii)
watercolour on vellum (i, ii)
15 x 10 ½ in. (38 x 26.5 cm.) (i, ii)
Executed in 1963-1964 (i, ii).
together with; Rose, Glorie de Ducher (iii); Violets with Leaves (iv); Pomegrante (v); and Moth and Leaf (vi), signed and dated 'Rory McEwen 1972' (lower right) (iii, iv, v, vi), numbered '29/50' (lower left) (iii, iv, v); and inscribed '...Proof' (lower left) (vi), etching (iii, iv, v, vi), 13 1/8 x 16 ½ in. (33.3 x 42 cm.) (iii, iv, v); 10 x 8 ¼ in. (25.5 x 21 cm.) (vi)
Provenance
etchings: The Refern Gallery Ltd., London, where acquired, 7 December 1972.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Rory McEwen 1932-1982: The Botanical Paintings, Edinburgh, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, 1988, n.p., no. 16 (ii), no. 17 (i), illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Rory McEwen The Colours of Reality,Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, 2013, pp. 86-87 (ii), p. 89 (i), exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Rory McEwen The Colours of Reality,Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, 2013, pp. 86-87 (ii), p. 89 (i), exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibited
Paris, André Weil Gallery, 1964 (i, ii), catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Rory McEwen 1932-1982: The Botanical Paintings, August - October 1988, no. 17 (i), no. 16 (ii): this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, City Art Gallery, October 1988; and London, Serpentine Gallery, November 1988- January 1989.
Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Rory McEwen The Colours of Reality, May - September 2013 exhibition not numbered (i, ii).
Edinburgh, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Rory McEwen 1932-1982: The Botanical Paintings, August - October 1988, no. 17 (i), no. 16 (ii): this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, City Art Gallery, October 1988; and London, Serpentine Gallery, November 1988- January 1989.
Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Rory McEwen The Colours of Reality, May - September 2013 exhibition not numbered (i, ii).
Special notice
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