LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.89 in. (81.00 cm.) (height) by 39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Peter Rose Pulham 1947' (lower left); signed, dated and titled 'Grisaille Figures I Peter Rose Pulham XII 1947' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, The London Gallery, Ltd. (E.L.T. Mesens), Gouaches and Drawings by John Banting, the Work of Edith Rimmington, Oil Paintings and Gouaches by Peter Rose Pulham , June - July 1948, no. 11. London, Barbican Centre, Transition: The London Art Scene in the Fifties , January - April 2002, no. 85, p. 55 (illustrated)

Provenance:

E.L.T. Mesens, London, by whom acquired from the artist in 1948. Sybil Mesens, London, by descent from the above in 1966. Andrée Melly (George Melly's wife), Liverpool, to whom bequeathed by the above, and thence by descent. Acquired from the above by the present owner