Bernard Leach (1887-1979)

SEAGULLS FLYING OVER PORTHMEOR BEACH, ST. IVES

Details

Bernard Leach (1887-1979)
Seagulls flying over Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives
Sumi-e wash and fibre-tipped pen on paper, signed BL and dated 1972
28 x 37.3cm.

Provenance

Presented to Mike and Hiroko Dean in 1973 by Bernard Leach

Lot Essay

This drawing is the view from Bernard Leach's Barnaloft studio. Before the Barnaloft Studios were built there was a long fish-loft on this site, which Michael Dean shared with Bob Law, another painter, for use as a studio during the summer of 1958.

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