Hydra

Details

John Craxton, R.A. (1922-2009)
Hydra
signed and dated '-Craxton.56-' (lower right)
pencil and crayon
9¼ x 12 in. (23.5 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

Stephen Spender.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, John Craxton: New Paintings and Drawings, December 1956, no. 24, as 'Landscape Hydra (drawing)'.

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 present work dates from the period when John Craxton was often a guest in the house of the painter Niko Ghika, on the Greek island of Hydra. Over that time Patrick Leigh Fermor stayed for almost two years writing Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, the cover of which is designed by Craxton.

We are very grateful to Ian Collins for preparing this catalogue entry.

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