Orange and Blue Q

Details

Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)
Orange and Blue Q
signed, inscribed and dated 'Orange + Blue Q/1989/Terry Frost/June 92' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
89 x 55 in. (226 x 139.5 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist in the early 1990s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 28 November 2006, lot 147.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 2007.

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.

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Lot Essay

'The sun has been perhaps the most enduring of Terry Frost's themes. Whether in the Mediterranean or out over the Atlantic, its rising, its blazing, black glare and its many shades of setting have been a rich source of imagery' (see D. Lewis, Terry Frost, Aldershot, 2000, p. 136).

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