Saturday, 30 May, 2009

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction Summer 2009

Sale Catalogue

Lot 247

Lot 247 Description

PETER HOWSON*
Madonna & Guy
oil on canvas
89cm x 120cm

This is the original painting which caused so much controversy and was the subject of enormous international press and media attention. Provenance: Notable private collection (Scotland).

Estimate: £15,000 - 22,000

Condition Report or Notes

Peter Howson was born in London in 1958. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1975-1977 and again between 1979 and 1981 under Alexander Moffat. In 1985 he became Artist-in-Residence at St Andrews University.


The Imperial War Museum and Times Newspaper appointed Howson official British War Artist for Bosnia in the spring of 1993. He made two visits to the country in June and December of that year, travelling with the British forces participating in the United Nations Protection Force. In June he went to Travnik, Gornji Vakuf, Prozor and Vitez, but was forced to return early because of illness. During this visit he was under the scrutiny of a BBC television crew for a "Forty Minutes" documentary entitled 'War Artist'.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDE
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Bankfield Museum, Halifax
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Council
British Museum, London
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Christie's Corporate Collection
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
City Art Gallery, Southampton
Contemporary Art Society
Dundee Art Gallery
Eigsee Festival Collection
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Glasgow Museums (Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove)
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Imperial War Museum, London
Isle of Man Arts Council
Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Museums
Library of Congress, Washington DC
The Maclaurin Trust, Ayr
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ministry of Defence, London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Norway, Oslo
New York Library
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Paisley Art Gallery
Paul Mellon Centre, Yale University, Washington
People's Place Museum
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University, Lancaster
Robert Fleming Merchant Bank, London
Royal Bank of Scotland
Scottish Amicable
Scottish Development Agency
The Arts Council of Great Britain
The Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Television (STV)
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Tate Gallery, London
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Salt Lake City
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool