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PROPERTY FROM THE DOWNES FAMILY COLLECTION
PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
The Conflict of Man with Tides and Sands
Details
PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
The Conflict of Man with Tides and Sands
signed and dedicated 'FOR SUE/from Peter/, OCT. 60/Peter Lanyon' (lower left of larger sheet)
gouache and oil on paper, in two parts
(i) 59 x 117 ¾ in. (151 x 299 cm.)
(ii) 59 x 55 1⁄8 in. (151 x 140 cm.)
Executed circa 1959-60.
The Conflict of Man with Tides and Sands
signed and dedicated 'FOR SUE/from Peter/, OCT. 60/Peter Lanyon' (lower left of larger sheet)
gouache and oil on paper, in two parts
(i) 59 x 117 ¾ in. (151 x 299 cm.)
(ii) 59 x 55 1⁄8 in. (151 x 140 cm.)
Executed circa 1959-60.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Sue Downes in October 1960.
A gift from the above to the present owners in 2013.
A gift from the above to the present owners in 2013.
Literature
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, p. 447.
Further details
We are very grateful to Toby Treves for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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Charlie Campbell-Gray
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