Untitled (Icebergs)

Details

John Tunnard, A.R.A. (1900-1971)
Untitled (Icebergs)
watercolour and gouache
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1947.

Provenance

Private collection, circa 1950-2012.
with Paisnel Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.

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

This work shows the curved marine horizon typical of many of Tunnard's works after his period as a coast-guard. The colouring is similar to that of Cataclysm, 1946 (A. Peat and B. Whitton, no. 479), emphasising the chill of the water.

We are very grateful to Professor Brian Whitton for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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