Lot Essay
In the 1968 Arts Council exhibition catalogue, Alan Bowness describes the present work as 'A painting of contraction and expansion, or centrifugal and centripetal movement, with an erotic undertone'.
Construction in Green
Details
Peter Lanyon (1918-1964)
Construction in Green
signed, dated and inscribed 'CONSTRUCTION IN/GREEN/PETER LANYON/1947/OIL/ATTIC STUDIO ST IVES' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board laid on board
11¾ x 15½ in. (29.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Construction in Green
signed, dated and inscribed 'CONSTRUCTION IN/GREEN/PETER LANYON/1947/OIL/ATTIC STUDIO ST IVES' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on board laid on board
11¾ x 15½ in. (29.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Provenance
The Artist's Family.
Literature
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, pl.6.
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Newlyn, 1990, p.80 (illustrated).
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Newlyn, 1990, p.80 (illustrated).
Exhibited
St. Ives, Crypt Group, 1948.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by Lelia Caetani and Peter Lanyon, October 1949, no.44.
London, Tate Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, Peter Lanyon, May-June 1968, no.13: this exhibition travelled to Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery; Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery; Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery and Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, July-October 1968.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by Lelia Caetani and Peter Lanyon, October 1949, no.44.
London, Tate Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, Peter Lanyon, May-June 1968, no.13: this exhibition travelled to Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery; Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery; Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery and Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, July-October 1968.