£454
Auction: 26 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Signed lower left, watercolour
33cm x 43.5cm (13in x 17.25in)
The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Jack Firth was based in Edinburgh for much of his life, but took regular trips to France to paint the countryside. Chartres Cathedral was a subject he continued to return to, and his studies of the medieval architectural masterpiece evidence a fascination with its distinctive profile and Gothic articulation.