Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)

The Butcher's Shop

Details

Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)
The Butcher's Shop
signed 'Ruszkowski' (lower left)
oil on canvas
26 x 44 in. (66 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted in 1951.

Provenance

Tom Laughton.
Robert Luff, Scarborough, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Literature

The Studio, Volume CXLIII, 1952, no. 711, illustrated.
J.P. Hodin, Ruszkowski, Life and Works, London, 1966, no. 10, illustrated.
M. Simonow, Ruszkowski: A Catalogue Raisonné of his Paintings, London, 1987, p. 90, no. 135, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Recent Paintings by Ruszkowski February 1952, no. 6.
Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Zdzislaw Ruskowski, October - November 1966, no. 22.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

'The central figures are my mother and myself [the artist's daughter]. It was greatly admired by John Berger - art critic of The New Stateman at the time' (private correspondence, 2 June 2011). This painting was one of the first bought by Laughton.

More from 20th Century British Art

View All