LOT DETAILS

Materials:

enamel with foil on copper

Size Notes:

central enamel: 7 by 7 cm.; each side panel: 7.25 by 2.5 cm.

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed with the title, signed with monogram and dated 1903 on the reverse of the central enamel; the side enamels are each signed with monogram and dated 1903; enamel with foil on copper, set in a copper alloy frame designed by the artist's son Ramsay Traquair (1874-1952) and made by Johan Maitla

Condition:

set in a copper alloy frame designed by the artist's son Ramsay Traquair (1874-1952) and made by Johan Maitland in 1903

Exhibited:

Dublin, Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, no. 371; Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh and Dublin 1885-1985, Arts and Crafts in Edinburgh, 1985, no. 76; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Phoebe Anna Tarquair, 1993, no. 74 as Triptych: The Kiss

Literature:

Paul Larmour, The Arts & Crafts Movement in Ireland, 1992, p. 74; Revue du Vrai et du Beau, 10 April 1926, illus. p. 24. Elizabeth Cumming, Phoebe Anna Traquair, 1993, p. 75

Provenance:

H. M. Traquair, the artist's son; Edinburgh, Shapes, 3 March 2007, lot 589; Private collection