LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

72.05 in. (183.00 cm.) (height) by 48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 61; also signed, dated April 1961 and titled on the reverse

Exhibited:

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery,. Peter Lanyon , 30th January - 17th February 1962, cat. no.1;. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, . Paintings, Sculpture: American and European , May 1962 (details untraced);. San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute,. Peter Lanyon, March 1963 (un-numbered exhibition);. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, . Paintings, Sculpture: American and European, 1970, cat. no.10, illustrated;. London, Hayward Gallery,. Hayward Annual 1980: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Selected by John Hoyland ,. 29th August - 12th October 1980, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated;. St Ives, Tate, . Peter Lanyon, 9th October 2010 - 23rd January 2011, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated p.87.

Literature:

John Dalton, 'Lanyon and Landscape',. The Studio , vol.164, no.835,. November 1962, pp.178-81, illustrated p.179;. Andrew Causey, . Peter Lanyon: His Paintings, Aidan Ellis Publishing, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, no.172;. Andrew Lanyon, . Peter Lanyon 1918-1964 , privately printed, Penzance, 1990, illustrated p.7;. Chris Stephens, . Peter Lanyon: At the Edge of Landscape , 21 Publishing Ltd., London, 2000, illustrated p.141.

Provenance:

Sheila Lanyon. Gimpel Fils, London, where acquired by David Bowie, May 1994.