Fighting Cocks (circa 1960)

Robert 'Robin' James Philipson

oil on canvas

Gracefield Arts Centre (Dumfriesshire Educational Trust), Dumfries

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Two fighting cocks in red painting in style of abstract expressionism

Dimensions:

70.2 x 90.8 cm

Accession Number:

DGDET 232D

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1959

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh by Mrs Oliver Parker for the Contemporary Art Society, 1958; presented to Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, 1959

Relationship:

Mrs Oliver Parker Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh Gracefield Arts Centre (Dumfriesshire Educational Trust), Dumfries

Subject:

Abstract Expressionism, Birds, Fight, Cock, Animals (farm)

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