Lot 42 Patrick Scott

Patrick Scott HRHA, 1921-2014 DEVICE Aubusson Tapestry, by Tabard Freres et Soeurs, no.1858, 152cm (h) x 123cm (w), signed and inscribed label verso Pat Scott was a largely self-taught artist. He studied architecture and worked in the architectural practice of Michael Scott for fifteen years. Dorothy Walker noted in 1981 ' ... there is no doubt that his painting has a deeply architectural base; as a painter he has an architectural turn of mind, reflected in the structure and constructivist themes of his work, and in its intellectual discipline and order' Device is a series of works in which the artist registered his dismay at the testing of H-bombs by painting abstract 'explosions' of diffused and dripped colour to symbolise the terrifying beauty of such destruction. See Dictionary of Living Artists by Robert O'Byrne.