Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Andrea Rose for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTOR
LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019)
Willesden Junction
Details
LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019)
Kossoff, L.
Willesden Junction
oil on board
12 x 21 ¼ in. (30.5 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Kossoff, L.
Willesden Junction
oil on board
12 x 21 ¼ in. (30.5 x 54 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist.
Their sale; Phillips, London, 6 June 2000, lot 99, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
with Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 2007.
with Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in 2013.
Their sale; Phillips, London, 6 June 2000, lot 99, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
with Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 2007.
with Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner in 2013.
Literature
N. Gosling, 'Gallery Guide: Beaux Arts', The Observer, 24 May 1964.
P. Moorhouse, Leon Kossoff, London, 1996, pp. 17-18.
Exhibition catalogue, Aspects of Modern British Art, London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, 2000, n.p., no. 48, illustrated.
E. Crippa (ed.), exhibition catalogue, All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, London, Tate Britain, 2018, pp. 127, 216, exhibition not numbered, illustrated, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
L. Farey, exhibition catalogue, Leon Kossoff: A London Life, London, Piano Nobile, 2019, pp. 51-52, no. 6, illustrated.
A. Rose, Leon Kossoff: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2021, p. 124, no. 54, illustrated.
P. Moorhouse, Leon Kossoff, London, 1996, pp. 17-18.
Exhibition catalogue, Aspects of Modern British Art, London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, 2000, n.p., no. 48, illustrated.
E. Crippa (ed.), exhibition catalogue, All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, London, Tate Britain, 2018, pp. 127, 216, exhibition not numbered, illustrated, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
L. Farey, exhibition catalogue, Leon Kossoff: A London Life, London, Piano Nobile, 2019, pp. 51-52, no. 6, illustrated.
A. Rose, Leon Kossoff: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2021, p. 124, no. 54, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Beaux Arts, Leon Kossoff: A Selection of Paintings 1949-64, April - June 1964, no. 18.
London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art, November 2000 - January 2001, no. 48, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
London, Tate Britain, All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, February - August 2018, exhibition not numbered, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
London, Piano Nobile, Leon Kossoff: A London Life, March - May 2019, no. 6.
London, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art, November 2000 - January 2001, no. 48, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
London, Tate Britain, All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, February - August 2018, exhibition not numbered, as 'Early Morning, Willesden Junction'.
London, Piano Nobile, Leon Kossoff: A London Life, March - May 2019, no. 6.
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