Porthmeor Series, January 1996

Details

Sandra Blow, R.A. (1923-2006)
Porthmeor Series, January 1996
signed, inscribed and dated 'Blow Porthmeor Series (January 1996)' (on the canvas-overlap)
acrylic and sand on canvas, unframed
48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Literature

M. Bird, Sandra Blow, Hampshire, pp.148 and 150, illustrated three times.

Exhibited

St Ives, Tate, Porthmeor: A Century of Images, April - October, 1995.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Blow explained how it was "much more the sea" that found its way into her work after moving to the Porthmeor studios. The beach came right up to the outer wall of the studios and Blow, who had been advised to take a daily walk for her health, became fascinated by the myriad, shifting effects of line and shape created by the tides across the sand. Speaking at the time Blow explained: "There are certain patterns on the beach, which are sand ridges that are caused by the tide, and when the tide goes out, they're visible, and running across them are inlets of water, which make a sort of grid...They have got a wonderful quality, and I'm somehow trying to incorporate them into my work."

The Tate soon appraoched her to contribute to their forthcoming exhibition, Porthmeor Beach: A Century of Images, which was concieved as a celebration of art's symbiotic relationship with the natural environment in which it is made. The present work was shown alongside Barbara Hepworth's Curved Form (Trevalgan), 1956.

(see M. Bird, Sandra Blow, Hampshire, pp. 147 and 150)

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