Lot 9: ROBERT COLQUHOUN (1914-1962) Woman Writing signed and dated ‘Colquhoun 4

ROBERT COLQUHOUN (1914-1962) Woman Writing signed and dated ‘Colquhoun 44’ (upper left) oil on canvas 23.4 x 15.3 cm. (9 1/8 x 6 in.)

Provenance With Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, London Roderick Cameron, Paris, by 1958 Sale; Jean Louis Picard, Paris, 22 December 1993, lot 45 With Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, 27 January 1994, where acquired by Tim Ellis Esq. His sale; Sotheby’s, London, 19 November 2014, lot 39, where purchased by the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, New Paintings by Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde, October-November 1944, cat.no.3 London, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, Robert Colquhoun; An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints from 1942 to 1958, March-May 1958, cat.no.23 Literature Roger Bristow, The Last Bohemians, The Two Roberts - Colquhoun and MacBryde, Sansom & Company, Bristol, 2010, p.359