Lot 68
JOHN MARSHALL (SCOTTISH 1888-1952) §
WOMAN AND BOY
£750
Scottish Paintings & Sculpture
Auction: Day Sale: 16 June 2022 | From 15:00
Description
Signed and dated 1946 on the integral base, Caen stone
Dimensions
Provenance
Exhibited: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1946, no.63, titled 'Woman and Boy'
Footnote
John (Jock) Marshall was born in Edinburgh and trained at Edinburgh College of Art. As an architectural carver he worked with many leading sculptors and architects including Phyllis Mary Bone on the Scottish National War Memorial, Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson on Lothian House, Edinburgh and Robert Lorimer on the refurbishment of Dunrobin Castle, Golspie. He was responsible for the carving of many well-known architectural features in the Scottish capital, including the Scotsman masthead on the north façade of the newspaper's former headquarters on North Bridge. (see biography and index entries in Ray McKenzie, Public Sculpture of Edinburgh, Volume 1, The Old Town and South Edinburgh, Liverpool University Press, 2018).
From 24 Dean Path Buildings, Edinburgh, Marshall exhibited seventeen works at the Royal Scottish Academy between 1929 and 1948, made in materials including Caen, Hoptonwood and Portland stone, as well as Istrian marble and plaster.
We are grateful to Robin Rodger, Documentation Officer, Royal Scottish Academy and Fiona Pearson for their assistance in researching this work.
