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Blue Table and Red Carpet
Details
PATRICK HERON (1920-1999)
Blue Table and Red Carpet
signed and dated 'P. Heron/54' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1954.
Blue Table and Red Carpet
signed and dated 'P. Heron/54' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1954.
Provenance
with New Art Centre, London.
National Westminster Bank.
with Fine Art Society, London.
with Offer Waterman, London.
National Westminster Bank.
with Fine Art Society, London.
with Offer Waterman, London.
Literature
Patrick Heron, The Colour of Colour: E. William Doty Lectures in Fine Arts, Third Series 1978, Austin, 1979, p. 53, no. 67, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Redfern Gallery, Summer Exhibition, July - September 1956, no. 124, as 'Blue Table on a Red Carpet'.
London, New Art Centre, Cornwall 1945-55, November - December 1977, no. 56.
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, National Westminster Bank Contemporary Art Collection, September - October 1994, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Tradition and Innovation: British Painting from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Art Collection, September - November 2000, catalogue not traced, illustrated as the poster for the exhibition.
London, New Art Centre, Cornwall 1945-55, November - December 1977, no. 56.
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, National Westminster Bank Contemporary Art Collection, September - October 1994, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Tradition and Innovation: British Painting from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Art Collection, September - November 2000, catalogue not traced, illustrated as the poster for the exhibition.
Further details
We are very grateful to Dr Andrew Wilson and The Patrick Heron Trust for their assistance in cataloguing this lot. The Trust is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any works by Patrick Heron so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to The Patrick Heron Trust, c/o Christie's, Modern British & Irish Art, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT, or sturner@christies.com.
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