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A Tribute to Fergus Alexander Meddowes Fine Art 3/5 With 124 previously unseen works the majority drawings but a small smattering of watercolours, the broker Alexander Meddowes's sale of works by J D Fergusson is bound to attract attention. With impeccable provenance - all works are from a single family collection - and a rigorously-researched catalogue by Elizabeth S Cumming, it provides important additions to the academic study of the Scottish Colourists.
As a Festival experience, however, this must rate among the least- friendly art shows around. Housed in a crowded, anonymous basement flat in the intimidating Royal Terrace and advertised in the Edinburgh Art Festival guide as "admission by catalogue only (pounds) 10" (that's (pounds) 3 dearer than Titian), it is aimed at the sale-room cognoscenti, rather than a wider audience. It's a shame, because the best of Fergusson's charming drawings are a delight. Fergusson had a lightness of touch, an eye for the ladies - and fine millinery - and that wonderful ability to suggest hidden narrative from the most meagre information.See the full content of this document
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An Eye for the Ladies; Fringe Art
Best of all are the drawings of his Paris years: a tense couple in a cafe, huddled in mutual recrimination, a long-haired poet and his lady, and Fe...
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