Vague Composition or Anything

Details

John Minton (1917-1957)
Vague Composition or Anything
inscribed 'VAGUE/COMPOSITION/OR/ANYTHING' (lower left)
pencil
7¼ x 8½ in. (18.4 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1934.

Provenance

Given by the artist to John Hyde in 1936.

Exhibited

London, Royal College of Art, John Minton, 1917-1957 : a selective retrospective, January - February 1994; this exhibition travelled to Bath, Victoria Art Gallery; Llandudno, Oriel Mostyn and Newtown, Oriel 31.

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts, amongst others, Isabel Rawsthorne, Francis Bacon and Roy de Maistre.

We are grateful to Frances Spalding for her assistance cataloguing the present work.

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