Orlo 14.4.76

Details

John Hoyland, R.A. (1934-2011)
Orlo 14.4.76
signed and dated 'John Hoyland 14.4.76' (on the canvas overlap) and dated again '14.4.76' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
90 x 59 in. (228.6 x 149.9 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by Wayne Anderson.
His estate, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that the correct medium for the present lot is acrylic and polyfilla on canvas, and not as stated in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

'Paintings are there to be experienced, they are events. They are also to be meditated on and to be enjoyed by the senses; to be felt through the eye.'

(J. Hoyland, exhibition catalogue, John Hoyland: Paintings 1967-79, London, Serpentine Gallery, September - October 1979, p. 35).

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