LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (height) by 60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Lanyon 61' (lower right), signed again and dated again and inscribed 'ORPHEUS/Lanyon 61' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

São Paulo, British Council and Museum of Modern Art, Peter Lanyon, William Scott, Lynn Chadwick, Merlyn Evans: VI Bienal de São Paulo, October - December 1961, no. 12. Valdagno, Marzotto Institution, European Community Contemporary Painting Exhibition 1962-63: Marzotto Award, 1962-1963, no. 53: this exhibition travelled to Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunstalle, October - November 1962; Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, December 1962 - January 1963; London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, March - April 1963; and Paris, Galerie R. Creuze, May - June 1963. London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Peter Lanyon, May - June 1968, no. 67: 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. Newlyn, Passmore Edwards Art Gallery, Peter Lanyon, November 1968, no catalogue.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, European Community Contemporary Painting Exhibition 1962-63, Valdagno, Marzotto Institution, 1962, n.p., no. 53, illustrated. Arts, November 1962. Art in America, Winter 1962. A. Bowness, 'Peter Lanyon' in Relazione Saggi Confessioni: Premio Marzotto, Vicenza, 1963, pp. 132-137, illustrated. G. Butcher, 'The Marzotto Prize at the Whitechapel Gallery, The Guardian, 12 March 1963. H. Galy-Carles, 'The Marzotto Prize Exhibition: Contemporary Painting - "European Community"', The Connoisseur, vol. 153, no. 615, May 1963, pp. 32-33, illustrated. A. Bowness, exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, 1968, pp. 29-30. A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, pp. 27, 64, no. 165, pl. 46. A. Causey, exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon: Paintings, Drawings and Constructions, 1937-64, Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978, pp. 42, 54, under no. 73. A. Lewis, 'Peter Lanyon', Artscribe, 11, April 1978, p. 32. A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Newlyn, 1990, pp. 208-209, 232, illustrated. M. Garlake, Peter Lanyon, London, 1998, p. 69. C. Stephens, Peter Lanyon: At the edge of the landscape, London, 2000, p. 128, 187. M. Garlake, The Drawings of Peter Lanyon, Aldershot, 2003, pp. 64-65. T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of The Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, pp. 18-20, 69, 455, 474-475, 477, 479, 483, 502, 641, no. 464, illustrated and illustrated on the cover.

Provenance:

with Gimpel Fils, London, 1961. Marzotto Institution, Valdagno, 1962. Acquired from the above by the present owner.