Lot 89: James Dickson Innes (1887-1914)

James Dickson Innes (1887-1914)
Sea at Sunset
signed and dated 'J.D. Innes/1913' (lower right)
oil on panel
11¾ x 16 in. (30.2 x 40.8 cm.)

Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, Bohemian London: Camden Town and Bloomsbury Paintings in Adelaide, May - June 1997, no. 28.

A. Trumble, Bohemian London: Camden Town and Bloomsbury Paintings in Adelaide, Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, 1997, p. 69, no. 28.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 May 1989, lot 55, where purchased by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE TOM PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Sea at Sunset was painted towards the end of Innes' working life, and was likely to have been done at Rye where he went to work with Frank Slade and other friends in 1913.

We are very grateful to John Hoole for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.