Street in Trboul

Details

Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
Street in Trboul
oil on panel
21 x 26 in. (55.8 x 66.8 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Provenance

Madame Munster.
with Mayor Gallery, London, 1961.

Literature

E. Newton, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, London, 1938, no.412.
E. Newton, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, London, 1959, p.11 (illustrated) as Street Scene, Trboul.
R. Ingleby, Christopher Wood An English Painter, London, 1995, pl.44.

Exhibited

London, New Burlington Galleries, Christopher Wood The Complete Works, March-April 1938, no.118.
Colchester, Arts Council, The Minories, Christopher Wood, March-April 1979, no.50: this exhibition travelled to Durham, D.L.I. Museum & Arts Centre, April-May 1979; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, June-July 1979; Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, July-August 1979; and Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, August-September 1979.
London, Christie's, The New Patrons: Twentieth Century art from Corporate Collections, January 1992, no.164.
St Ives, Tate Gallery at St Ives, Christopher Wood, November 1996-April 1997, no.24, p.46 (illustrated): this exhibition travelled to Quimper, Muse des Beaux Arts, May-August 1997.

Lot Essay

Michael Tooby comments upon the present painting in the 1996-97 exhibition catalogue, 'This work is often referred to as one of the most obvious examples of Wood's use of a postcard as a source. Nevertheless, there are a number of differences between this image and the original postcard. As well as the general layout and obvious architectural detail, Wood preserves the rake of the shadow on the wall and the woman in traditional costume at the left, but he eliminates from the centre of the composition all the other figures that appear in the postcard. This creates a distinct emptiness in the heart of the work, with the street ahead now deserted. The church spire is shifted to the right so as to appear as the furthest point at the end of the street'.

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