William Scott RA (1913-1989) Robert (1947) Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5cm (16 x 14'') Signed Provenance: From the Collection of George and Maura McClelland and on loan from them to IMMA from 1999...

William Scott RA (1913-1989) Robert (1947) Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5cm (16 x 14'') Signed Provenance: From the Collection of George and Maura McClelland and on loan from them to IMMA from 1999 - 2004;Private Collection Dublin Exhibited: ''Recent Paintings by William Scott'', Leicester Galleries, 1948 Cat. No. 1 under title ''Head of a Boy''; ''The McClelland Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art'', Sept 2000-Jan 2001; ''Envisage - The Fall of Contemporary Irish Art'', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Oct 2001-April 2002; ''Norhtern Artists from the McClelland Collection'', IMMA 2004/5, Droichand Arts Centre 2005 ''William Scott in Ireland'', F.E. McWilliam Gallery Banbridge, Mar-Sept 2009, Cat. No.5 (see contemporary photograph of Robert Scott standing in front of this picture at that exhibition) Literature: ''The Hunter Gatherer'', Irish Museum of Modern Art 2005, illustrated Fig.106 p.106 ''William Scott in Ireland'' 2009 by Dr. Denise Ferran, illustrated p16; ''William Scott Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings'' Vol. 1913-51 by Sarah Whitfield Cat. No.115, illustrated p.175 This is one of six known portraits of William and Mary Scott's first child Robert who was born in Dublin 5th January 1940, the Scotts having moved here in September the previous year. Robert was sent to live with his aunt in the United States and then Canada before returning to live in England with his parents in January 1944

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