拍品 185
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Peter Lanyon (1918-1964)
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Peter Lanyon (1918-1964)

Cornish Tin Mine

細節
Peter Lanyon (1918-1964)
Cornish Tin Mine
stamped 'Lanyon' (lower left)
watercolour and crayon
13½ x 9½ in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm.)
來源
Sheila Lanyon, from whom purchased by the present owner, circa May 1974.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Lanyon was born in St. Ives, Cornwall and lived there his whole life. The present composition juxtaposes the wildness of nature with man's destructive forces. The mineshaft and sea are simplified and the horizon discarded, reducing the images and exaggerating the spatial ambiguity.