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FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR CATHERINE WILLS, SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE DITCHLEY FOUNDATION

JOHN TUNNARD, A.R.A. (1900-1971)

Composition: Aerial Forms

Details

JOHN TUNNARD, A.R.A. (1900-1971)
Composition: Aerial Forms
signed with initials 'J.T.' (lower right)
ink, chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper
18 ½ x 13 ½ in. (47 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1938.

Provenance

with Alexander Postan Fine Art, London, where purchased by Erich Sommer in November 1973.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 1986, lot 316, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Connoisseur, February 1974, vol. 185, p. 171, illustrated.
A. Peat and B.A. Whitton, John Tunnard: His Life and Work, Aldershot, 1997, p. 147, no. 98.

Exhibited

London, Alexander Postan Fine Art, Aspects of Abstract Art in Britain 1935-42, 1973, no. 29, illustrated.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The Ditchley Foundation, established by philanthropist Sir David Wills in 1958 at Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire, fosters international dialogue on global issues. Ditchley Park is a grand 18th-century mansion where, among many other significant meetings, Winston Churchill hosted US Presidential envoy Harry Hopkins during World War II to persuade him of the case for American military support. Today, The Ditchley Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan organisation whose mission is to renew democratic societies, states and alliances to sustain peace, freedom and the rule of law. It does this by convening a diverse range of international leaders from the public and private sectors to encourage frank conversations and strategic thinking across partisan divides on the urgent challenges of today and tomorrow.

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