LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on board

Measurements:

48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (height) by 22.24 in. (56.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed '-Craxton-' (lower left)

Exhibited:

London, Leicester Galleries, John Craxton, May - June 1966, no. 23. London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, John Craxton Paintings and Drawings 1941-1966, January - February 1967, no. 80.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, John Craxton, London, Leicester Galleries, 1966, n.p., no. 23, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, John Craxton Paintings and Drawings 1941-1966, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1967, p. 16, no. 80, illustrated. I. Collins, John Craxton, Farnham, 2011, p. 120, pl. 148.

Provenance:

Purchased by the family of Mrs Alfred Rubens at the 1966 exhibition. Her estate sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1998, lot 69, where purchased by the present owners.