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Premier Auction - Session I - July 14, 2023

Fri, Jul 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 437

Three Scottish Watercolors

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(19th/20th century)

Two by Robert Weir Allan (Scottish, 1852-1942), Two Boys by Water's Edge, 1925, sight 10 x 14 in.; Sunset after Hay Harvest, Fyfeshire. sight 9-3/4 x 14 in., both signed  "Robert W. Allan", watercolors; R. Wellesley Webster (British, born 1903), Crail Harbor, Scotland, 1894,signed lower right "R. Wellesley Webster 94", inscribed verso original backing paper with title, watercolor on paper, sight 11-1/2 x 19-5/8 in.; original gilt wood frames, largest 17 x 25-1/2 in.

 

Condition

not removed from original framing, light toning; frames with minor wear

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Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania