John Duncan Fergusson R.B.A. (1874-1961)
Supper Dance
Watercolour, brush and ink on paper
Signed
Insribed by Margaret Morris 'J.D Fergusson/Early Café drawing 1902/ with love & blessings/froom Meg & Fergus/Glasgow May 1965' on backboard
c.1902
17 3/4 x 12 1/4 ins (45 x 31cms)
Provenance
Given by Margaret Morris to James and Martha Arnott in 1965 and thence by descent to present owner.
Exhibited
The Fine Art Society Ltd,London -John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961)
A Centenary Exhibition, 10th September - 4th October 1974 and tour to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow and The Fine Art Society Ltd, Edinburgh, no 114
The Scottish Arts Council Galllery, Edinburgh - The need to draw:20th Century Scottish Artists at Work, 22 November - 14 December 1975, no.22
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh - The Scottish Colourist series:J.D Fergusson, 7th December 2013 15th June 2014
Literature
Jean Geddes and Margaret Morris, Café Drawings in Edwardian Paris from sketchbooks of J.D Fergusson, Blackie, Glasgow, 1974, repr.b/w p.25