John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)

Yellow Abstract

Details

John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)
Yellow Abstract
signed and dated 'John Armstrong 60' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.1 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 October 1995, lot 232, as 'Yellow and Grey Abstract'.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 23 September 1997, lot 52, as 'Abstract Composition in Grey and Yellow', where purchased by present owner.

Literature

A. Lambirth, John Armstrong; The Paintings, London, 2009, p. 221, no. 690, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1961, no. 97, as 'Abstract'.

Lot Essay

The present work is a version of Armstrong's abstract cityscape theme which he developed from 1959 onwards on returning to London from living in Cornwall.

We are very grateful to Jonathan Gibbs for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot and lots 207-208.

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