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Lot 454

Annie French, Scottish 1872-1965-  By Lamplight;  pen, ink and coloured washes on paper, 24.8 x...

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Lot 454

Annie French, 
Scottish 1872-1965- 
By Lamplight; 
pen, ink and coloured washes on paper, 24.8 x...

Price Realised: £3,411

Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 454

Description

Annie French, 
Scottish 1872-1965- 

By Lamplight; 

pen, ink and coloured washes on paper, 24.8 x 31.2 cm (unframed). (ARR). 

Provenance: 
Sotheby's at Scone Palace, 13 April 1981, lot 95. 

Note: 
French studied under Francis Newbery (1855-1946) and Jean Delville (1867-1953) at the Glasgow School of Art, which she attended between 1886-89. It was here that she was associated with a group of pioneering female artists and designers, including Jessie M. King (1875-1949), Frances MacDonald (1873-1921), and Ann Macbeth (1875-1948), who later became known as the 'Glasgow Girls'. 
French is known for her distinctive illustrations which are clearly heavily inspired by the Art Nouveau movement, with swirling, dense, and highly graphic compositions which exhibit the influence, in particular, of her contemporary Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). The present work is particularly striking in its intricacy, with the subject, depicting a girl utterly engrossed in a book whilst seated in a thicket, evoking a sense of fantasy and reverie which renders French's work so compelling. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.
(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

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