Lot 10. PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
Estimate value:
£ 180 000–250 000
Auction date
Classic
25.05.2022 10:30 UTC +01:00
ID 752542
Lot 10 | PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
PETER LANYON (1918-1964)Two Close
signed and dated 'Lanyon 62' (lower left), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'TWO CLOSE/Lanyon Aug: 62' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
with Gimpel Fils, London.
Acquired from Beaux Arts, Bath in June 1989.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Four Painters: Alan Davie, Paul Feiler, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, 1963, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964: bilder 1960-1964, Zürich, Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, 1964, n.p., no. 7, illustrated.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, pp. 28, 66, no. 185, pl. 49.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three Dimensional Works, London, 2018, pp. 552-3, no. 518, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Paintings by Peter Lanyon, October 1962, no. 10.
Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Four Painters: Alan Davie, Paul Feiler, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, October 1963, no. 16.
Zürich, Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964: bilder 1960-1964, October 1964, no. 7.
Totnes, Arts Council, Dartington College of Art, Corsham: Painters and Sculptors, July - August 1965, no. 119: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September 1965; Walsall, City Art Gallery, September - October 1965; Cambridge, Arts Council Gallery, October 1965; and Middlesbrough, City Art Gallery, November - December 1965.
London, Tate Gallery, Peter Lanyon, May - June 1968, no. 75: this exhibition travelled to Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, July - August 1968; Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, August 1968; Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, September 1968; and Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, October 1968.
Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, Peter Lanyon: Later Work, September - October, 1978, no. 15.
Barcelona, British Council, Centre Cultural De La Caixa De Terassa, Cornwall: Peter Lanyon - Paintings and Drawings/ Andrew Lanyon - Photographs, February - March 1984, no. 111: this exhibition travelled to Kilkenny, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle, February - March 1985; Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, March 1984; Waterford, Garter Lane Arts Centre April 1984; Limerick, Belltable Arts Centre, May 1984; Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, September - October 1984; Porto, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, November - December 1984; Madrid, Centro Cultural De La Villa De Madrid, January - Febraury 1985; and Valencia, Museo Nacional de Ceramica, May - June 1986.
London, Gimpel Fils, Peter Lanyon: Selected Works 1952-1964, October - November 1987, no. 11.
Bath, Beaux Arts, St Ives 1920-1989, May - June 1989, exhibition not numbered.
London, Hazlitt Holland Hibbert, Peter Lanyon: Cornwall Inside Out, February - March 2018, exhibition not numbered.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Year of manufacture: | 20th Century |
Size: | 121.9 × 91.4 cm |
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