Henry Scott Tuke, RA, RWS (British, 1858-1929)The Lighthouse
signed and dated 'H. S. TUKE. 1919' (lower right); signed and inscribed 'H. S. Tuke R.A R.W.S/Swanpool/Falmouth' (on an old label attached to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
51.5 x 35.5cm (20 1/4 x 14in).注脚Listed in the Tuke register, R951.

Provenance
Tuke Studio sale, 1929.
Whitfoord Family Collection (acquired from the above sale).
Thence by descent.
Messum's Fine Art, Marlow.
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above 8 March 2001).

Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1921, no. 412.
Glasgow, Glasgow Institute, 1921.
London, Grosvenor Galleries, 1923.

Literature
Royal Academy Illustrated, 1921, p. 98.
Catherine Wallace, Catching the Light: The Art and Life of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929, Edinburgh, 2008, p. 127 (illustrated in colour).

The figure in the present lot, Charlie Mitchell, was Tuke's chief boat handler and one of the artist's most regular models. Catherine Wallace describes the work as 'one of [Tuke's] most sensual and almost celebratory oil paintings of Charlie Mitchell's back'. Wallace also notes that 'the title comes from St Anthony's Lighthouse, which can just be seen in the far distance.'1

1 Catherine Wallace, Catching the Light: The Art and Life of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929, Edinburgh, 2008, p. 127.