LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.09 in. (112.00 cm.) (height) by 33.86 in. (86.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated Oct '55 on the reverse

Exhibited:

Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, European Art Today: 35 Painters and Sculptors, cat. no.159.506, 1959, with British Council tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco, North Carolina, Ottawa, New York and Baltimore, catalogue untraced; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Contemporary British Paintings (Middle East), 1965, with British Council tour to Cairo, Alexandria and Gibraltar, catalogue untraced; London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Roger Hilton, 1974, cat. no.25; London, Serpentine Gallery, Roger Hilton: Paintings and Drawings 1931-1973, 1st - 31st March 1974, cat. no.25; London, Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, Roger Hilton, 4th November - 6th February 1994, cat. no.21, with tour to Birmingham, Ikon Gallery and the University of Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery.

Literature:

Andrew Lambirth, Roger Hilton: The Figured Language of Thought, Thames and Hudson, London, 2007, illustrated p.97.

Provenance:

Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Dr. Charles Damiano Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Ken Powell Esq. Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner in March 2004.