LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache on card

Measurements:

17.28 in. (43.90 cm.) (height) by 21.73 in. (55.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'John Minton 1944' (upper left)

Exhibited:

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Arts Council Gallery, John Minton, October - November 1958, no. 40: this exhibition travelled to Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, November - December 1958; Blackburn, Art Gallery, December 1958 - January 1959; Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery, January - February 1959; Bristol, City Art Gallery, February - March 1959; and Nottingham, Victoria Art Gallery, March - April 1959.

Provenance:

Mrs E. Lamont, by 1958. with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by Cy Plant in November 1984. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 November 1999, lot 82, where purchased by the present owner.