Beschreibung:

oil on canvas, signed framed image size 101.5cm x 150cm, overall size 126cm x 170cm Note: a very rare appearance at auction of one of George Houston's largest works. This magnificent painting measures 101.5 x 150cm (approximately 40 x 60 inches) and although undated is very obviously a relatively early (pre 1920) work. Like most painters, Houston favoured various fairly standard sizes of canvas with his standard "large" being 70 x 90cm (or the imperial equivalent). "Lochside View" is almost two and a half times the size (of a 70 x 90cm canvas) and examples of these proportions rarely appear at auction. So far as we can ascertain, the two most recent examples of 40 x 60 inch George Houston works to appear at auction were "A Highland Farmstead" Lyon & Turnbull 21.06.2006 lot 31 which sold for £13,000 (hammer) and "Springtime" Sotheby's (Gleneagles) 26.08.2008 lot 111 which sold for £22,000 (premium). In our opinion, "Lochside View" is of National Collection standard both in terms of size but even more importantly, in terms of quality. George Houston at his best.