Crow's Nest, Shetland
Artist: Michie, David Alan Redpath, Professor, OBE RSA RGI FRSA(Scot) · 1928-2015
The artist visited Shetland on his own in 1959 to attend a Summer School [during which stay he was photographed sketching at Lerwick Harbour by Ian Fleming RSA – vide faded b&w print of this image in Michie bequest] and returned for a family holiday the following year where he made sketches at Lerwick and Walls. The RSA Michie bequest holds a sketchbook [temp no.51] of Shetland sketches, whilst sketchbook [temp no.52] holds the actual preparatory studies for the present work.
© Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
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Object data
Date c.1959 - c.1961 Accession 2017.029 Type Painting Paint, oil Materials Support canvas
Medium Paint, oilDimensions Support
50.5cm x 61cm
Sight
49.5cm x 60cm
Frame
66.2cm x 76.5cmAcquisition Bequest Michie, David Alan Redpath, Professor, OBE RSA (February 3rd, 2016) -
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