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The letters across the centre of the painting spell out HELIOS, the Greek word for the sun.
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Sun Signatures
Details
Joe Tilson, R.A. (b. 1928)
Sun Signatures
signed, inscribed and dated 'SUN SIGNATURES"/OIL AND GOLD LEAF ON CANVAS/Tilson 1985' (on the reverse)
oil and gold leaf on canvas, in the artist's gold leaf frame
84 x 60 in. (213.4 x 152.4 cm.), 100½ x 76 in. (255.3 x 193 cm.) overall
Sun Signatures
signed, inscribed and dated 'SUN SIGNATURES"/OIL AND GOLD LEAF ON CANVAS/Tilson 1985' (on the reverse)
oil and gold leaf on canvas, in the artist's gold leaf frame
84 x 60 in. (213.4 x 152.4 cm.), 100½ x 76 in. (255.3 x 193 cm.) overall
Provenance
with Waddington Galleries, London.
Private collection, Switzerland.
with Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Private collection, Switzerland.
with Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, Joe Tilson, Recent Works 1985-87, January 1988, no. 1.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Joe Tilson Pop to Present, March - April 2002, no. 34.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Joe Tilson Pop to Present, March - April 2002, no. 34.
Special notice
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