ID 1306826
Lot 17 | PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 550 000
Fly Away
signed, inscribed and dated 'FLY AWAY/Lanyon 61' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Provenance
Sheila Lanyon.
James Coxson, 1995.
with Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 1998.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2017, lot 18, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
D. Judd, 'In the Galleries: Peter Lanyon', Arts, Vol. 36, March 1962, p. 50, no. 6.
I.H. Sandler, 'Reviews & Previews: Peter Lanyon', Art News, Vol. 61, 1962, p. 18, no. 1.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, p. 63, no. 157.
M. Vaizey, 'Poetry in Landscape', Sunday Times, 19 January 1975.
W. Feaver, 'Peter Lanyon', Financial Times, 21 January 1975, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon: Later Work, Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, 1979, note. 22.
D. Hyatt, 'Space Equals Blue Speed Red Over Green: Some Aspects of the Work of Peter Lanyon', Contemporary Art, Spring 1993, Vol. 1, p. 19, no. 3, illustrated.
T. Treves and B. Wright, exhibition catalogue, Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, London, Courtauld Gallery, 2015, p. 23, fig. 6.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, p. 506, no. 490, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Peter Lanyon, January - February 1962, no. 9.
San Antonio, Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, Paintings by Peter Lanyon, February - March 1963, catalogue not traced.
Bath, Bath Festival, Festival Gallery, St Ives Group 2nd Exhibition, June 1969, no. 45.
London, New Art Centre, Peter Lanyon, January - February 1975, no. 2.
Bournemouth, The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Modern Artists Exhibition, January - February 1979, exhibition not numbered.
Paris, Artcurial, English Contrasts: Peintres et Sculpteurs Anglais 1950-1960, September - November 1984, exhibition not numbered, dated '1959'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, Recalling the Fifties: British Painting and Sculpture 1950-60, February - March 1985, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Chessel Gallery, Peter Lanyon: Oils and Gouaches, February - March 1986, no. 1, dated '1959'.
London, Gimpel Fils, Scope: Abstraction from the 50s, June - September 1992, exhibition not numbered.
London, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art 1910-1965, November - December 1998, p. 45, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Artist: | Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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