Lot Essay
There were two spiral paintings exhibited in the 1948 Redfern exhibition, the present work and Spiral Abstract, however Pasmore stated that the present work was his first spiral picture.
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Spiral Motif: The Fiery Sky
Details
Victor Pasmore, R.A. (1908-1998)
Spiral Motif: The Fiery Sky
signed with initials 'VP' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 12 in. (61 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Spiral Motif: The Fiery Sky
signed with initials 'VP' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 12 in. (61 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Provenance
with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by Mrs Lucille Frost, 1948.
Count Manfred Czernin.
with Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by Mr Samuel Carr, 1960, and by descent.
Count Manfred Czernin.
with Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by Mr Samuel Carr, 1960, and by descent.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, British Abstract Painting, Auckland, City Art Gallery, 1958, no. 58, illustrated on the front cover.
A. Bowness and L. Lambertini, Victor Pasmore: with a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Constructions and Graphics, 1926-1979, London, 1980, p. 82, no. 130, as 'Spiral Development: The Fiery Sky', illustrated.
A. Bowness and L. Lambertini, Victor Pasmore: with a Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Constructions and Graphics, 1926-1979, London, 1980, p. 82, no. 130, as 'Spiral Development: The Fiery Sky', illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Redfern Gallery, Victor Pasmore, November - December 1948, no. 7.
London, Redfern Gallery, Recent Paintings by Victor Pasmore, December 1950 - January 1951, no. 6.
New York, Riverside Museum, Works of Abstract Artists of Three Nations, March - April 1951, no. 28.
Auckland, British Council, City Art Gallery, Abstract British Painting, May 1958, no. 58.
London, Leicester Galleries, Artists of Fame and of Promise, July - August 1960, no. 101.
London, Tate Gallery, Victor Pasmore Retrospective Exhibition, May - June 1965, no. 72.
London, Redfern Gallery, Recent Paintings by Victor Pasmore, December 1950 - January 1951, no. 6.
New York, Riverside Museum, Works of Abstract Artists of Three Nations, March - April 1951, no. 28.
Auckland, British Council, City Art Gallery, Abstract British Painting, May 1958, no. 58.
London, Leicester Galleries, Artists of Fame and of Promise, July - August 1960, no. 101.
London, Tate Gallery, Victor Pasmore Retrospective Exhibition, May - June 1965, no. 72.
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