26th Feb, 2025 11:00
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish 1868-1928)
Palazzo Pollini and Window in the Palazzo Publico, Siena
signed with initials and dated 'C R M/MAY 1891.' (lower right), inscribed 'PALAZZO POLLINI/SIENA' (upper right) and 'WINDOW PAL. PUBLICO/SIENA' (lower left)
pencil
31.5 x 22 cm, framed and glazed 54 x 43.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, UK.
Footnote:
When Mackintosh was just 22 years old, he achieved his first major professional success when he won a Travelling Studentship that had been set up by the Trustees of the Alexander Thomson Memorial for prospective British architects, aged between 18 and 25, of 'approved moral character'.
Mackintosh spent three months travelling through Italy. He was in Siena from the 10th to the 19th May 1891 and spent most of is time sketching in and around the Cathedral. His contact with Italian art and architecture provided both aesthetic and critical stimulation at a formative period in his career. He brought back a portfolio of drawings and watercolours which developed his reputation as an artist.
In October 1891, a selection of these Italian watercolours were displayed in the Glasgow School of Art Club Annual Exhibition. James Guthrie was reputedly so impressed with the work, he exclaimed to Fra Newbery, Director of the School, "but hang it Newbery, the man ought to be an artist". (Cited to R. Eddington Smith, Secretary of the Glasgow School of Art Club in a letter to The Glasgow Evening Times, 17 February 1933, p.6).
Sold for £2,800
Condition Report
Hinged to the mount along the top edge, verso. Mount staining and acidifaction to the sheet. Scattered foxing and surface dirt is visible throughout. There is a soft crease to the lower left corner. A frew minor nicks and creases to edges. Sheet appears unevenly trimmed.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish 1868-1928)
Palazzo Pollini and Window in the Palazzo Publico, Siena
signed with initials and dated 'C R M/MAY 1891.' (lower right), inscribed 'PALAZZO POLLINI/SIENA' (upper right) and 'WINDOW PAL. PUBLICO/SIENA' (lower left)
pencil
31.5 x 22 cm, framed and glazed 54 x 43.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, UK.
Footnote:
When Mackintosh was just 22 years old, he achieved his first major professional success when he won a Travelling Studentship that had been set up by the Trustees of the Alexander Thomson Memorial for prospective British architects, aged between 18 and 25, of 'approved moral character'.
Mackintosh spent three months travelling through Italy. He was in Siena from the 10th to the 19th May 1891 and spent most of is time sketching in and around the Cathedral. His contact with Italian art and architecture provided both aesthetic and critical stimulation at a formative period in his career. He brought back a portfolio of drawings and watercolours which developed his reputation as an artist.
In October 1891, a selection of these Italian watercolours were displayed in the Glasgow School of Art Club Annual Exhibition. James Guthrie was reputedly so impressed with the work, he exclaimed to Fra Newbery, Director of the School, "but hang it Newbery, the man ought to be an artist". (Cited to R. Eddington Smith, Secretary of the Glasgow School of Art Club in a letter to The Glasgow Evening Times, 17 February 1933, p.6).
