Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair
12 - 18 June
Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London Stand 50
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Twentieth Century British Art
25 June - 19 July
Summer Party and Private View: Tuesday 24 June, 6-8 pm
Osborne Samuel, 23a Bruton Street, London, W1J 6QG
RSVP: ltyler@osbornesamuel.com
IVON HITCHENS
A Lake and Outflow (Warnford series), 1960
Oil on canvas
59 x 170.2 cm (23 1/4 x 67 in)
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It is ten years since we began the annual series of Modern British exhibitions at the gallery, and during that time we have been fortunate enough to handle a remarkable collection of paintings and sculpture. We have also mounted a series of major retrospective exhibitions, including Wadsworth, Vaughan and Kinley, not to mention our re-creation of the pivotal 1955 show of British abstraction and most recently a survey of British constructive art.
This year we have assembled an outstanding collection, by far the best group we have ever had at the gallery. Many of the works have not been seen publicly for decades, including the monumental Beach Scene with Bathers, Pier and Ships by Christopher Wood painted in 1925 on six folding panels, originally owned by Lord Lathom and subsequently sold to Lady Cunard; another rare small gem is the delightful and tender Lovers, painted by Michael Andrews in 1956, last seen during the Andrews touring retrospective exhibition of 1980. The two Craxton paintings of the Lemon Harvester, 1951 and Cockerel & Cat, 1957 have remained with the same family since 1957.
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ELISABETH FRINK
Soldier’s Head IV, 1965
Bronze
25.5 (H) cm (10 in) |
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TERRY FROST
Abstract with Red Verticals, 1956
Oil on Canvas
63.5 x 76.2 cm (25 x 30 in) |
The Frost and the Heath are both exceptional paintings from the artists’ key periods; the Frost painted during his time as a Gregory Fellow at Leeds and the Heath a fine example of his Constructivist phase of the early-mid 1950s, both museum quality works. Hilton’s paintings have become rarer; here we include two, one fine example from the Paris inspired paintings of 1951 and the other a compelling work from 1955. The Hitchens is an exceptional painting from 1960 and was exhibited widely in museums including the Tate Gallery retrospective of 1963. Reynolds’ Legend in August, 1953 is again an outstanding work and closely related to the Tate’s Summer: Young September’s Cornfield painted the same year. Interestingly, Legend in August predates the Tate painting by ‘slightly less than a year’ according to Reynolds.
Once again we have managed to find an exceptional small Lowry and a powerful Wynter. We have always had a particular interest in sculpture and for this exhibition we have fine works by Armitage, Chadwick, Frink and Moore.
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CHRISTOPHER WOOD
Beach Scene with Bathers, Pier and Ships, 1925
Oil on Canvas. 167.64 x 365.76 cm (66 x 144 in)
Also in this image:
Lynn Chadwick, Walking Cloaked Figures IX, 1980
Kenneth Armitage, Seated Woman with Square Head, 1955
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Following our successful Keith Vaughan retrospective we include two gouaches not in that exhibition. Figures and Boats, c.1953 was bought directly from Vaughan in 1963 by the late Kenneth Hood, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. There are also two fine Prunella Cloughs, one from 1949. There was a Tate retrospective of her work last year.
A selection of these works will be seen for the first time at the prestigious Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair from 12-18 June and the whole collection will be exhibited at the gallery from 25 June - 19 July, we look forward to welcoming you. Do let us know if you would like more information about the exhibition.
CLICK HERE to view a PDF of the catalogue on our website
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To request a copy of the catalogue for the gallery exhibition contact Lucy Tyler at the gallery:
ltyler@osbornesamuel.com or to request tickets for Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair
please contact Brian Porter at the gallery: bporter@osbornesamuel.com |
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