Boy and a Birdcage (1947)

William Scott

oil on canvas

Brighton & Hove Museums (Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Hove Museum of Creativity)

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Angular figures of a woman in purple holding a birdcage that contains a white bird. Next to her is a smaller boy in blue.

Dimensions:

78.8 x 86.4 cm

Accession Number:

FA000168

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1949

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Leicester Galleries, London by Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1948; presented to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 1949

Relationship:

Raymond Mortimer Brighton & Hove Museums (Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Hove Museum of Creativity)

Subject:

Mother and Child, Birds

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