Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black: October 1958

Details

Patrick Heron (1920-1999)
Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black: October 1958
signed, inscribed and dated 'VIOLET/BROWN OCHRE/LEMON &/BLACK/OCTOBER 1958/PATRICK/HERON' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

Gifted by the artist to Olga Davenport.
Her sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 25 March 2009, lot 29.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

In two letters written on Eagle's Nest headed paper, Heron wrote to Olga Davenport, the previous owner of Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black:

Thursday
'Ah yes - the present! It is not yet in existence! But it will be. In any case I think it would have been wrong to throw it at you through the Xmas post, wouldn't it? You mightn't have liked it enough! If I give it to you properly (or give you a choice) I'll be able to note this. See?'

Sunday 12th
'By the way - what was arranged about a frame for my painting (yours, I mean!)? Shall I look into it with (and for) you when I come up? Framing v. important ... Until soon ... much love P'.

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