LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (height) by 142.52 in. (362.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'John Minton 1951' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'MINTON/John/37 HAMILTON/LONDON/JAMAICAN VILL.../No. 1.' (on a fragment of the artist's label attached to the stretcher)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1951, no. 398.

Literature:

F. Spalding, Dance Til the Stars Come Down: Biography of John Minton, London, 1991, p. 156.

Provenance:

A gift from the artist to the present owner's father, Professor John Norris Wood, and by descent.