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GORDON ONSLOW FORD (1912-2003)

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28.02.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 115 | GORDON ONSLOW FORD (1912-2003)
GORDON ONSLOW FORD (1912-2003)

Cycloptomania

signed and dated 'G Onslow Ford 4.40' (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed 'Clyptomania G.O.-F. 40' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

35 x 50 in. (88.9 x 127 cm.)

Painted in April 1940





Provenance

The artist, until at least 1988.

Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2003.



Literature

E.L.T. Mesens, R. Penrose & G. Onslow-Ford, eds., London Bulletin, June 1940, p. 37 (illustrated).

Exh. cat., Gordon Onslow Ford: Mirando en lo profundo, Fundación Eugenio Granell, Santiago de Compostela, 1998, p. 194 (illustrated p. 30).



Exhibited

London, Zwemmer Gallery, Surrealist Show, June - July 1940.

London, Hayward Gallery, Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, January - March 1978, no. 14.43, p. 367.

New York, Artists Space, Moderns in Mind, April - May 1986, pp. 23-24.

Geneva, Museé d'Art et d'Histoire, Focus on Minotaure: The Animal-Headed Review, October 1987 - January 1988, no. 204, p. 270 (illustrated p. 256); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March - May 1988.

Berkeley, University Art Museum, Anxious Visions: Surrealist Art, October - December 1990, no. 136, p. 288 (illustrated, p. 107).

Fresno, Fresno Art Museum, Fifteen Profiles: Distinguished California Modernists, 1995-1996, p. 49.

Berkeley, John F. Kennedy University, The Quest of the Inner-Worlds: Paintings by Gordon Onslow Ford, November 1996, p. 58 (illustrated, p. 40).

San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, Roberto Matta, Gordon Onslow Ford, A Vision Shared, 2003, p. 6 (illustrated).

San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, Science in Surrealism, May - August 2015 (illustrated, p. 39).



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist:Gordon Onslow Ford (1912 - 2003)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings
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