Lot 29: Ernest Procter (1886-1935)

The Terrace, Versailles signed 'Ernest Procter' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'ERNEST PROCTER/THE TERRACE, VERSAILLES' (on a label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 40 x 50 in. (101.5 x 127 cm.) Painted in 1914 PROVENANCE The Leslie Oaks Collection, Penzance. EXHIBITION London, Royal Academy, 1914, no. 424. NOTES After their marriage in 1912, Ernest and Dod Procter moved to Versailles, where they remained until the outbreak of war in 1914. The palace was a favourite subject for both artists; Dod exhibited a picture of The Terrace, Versailles at the Royal Academy in 1913 and Ernest exhibited the present work there the following year.