Abstract in White, Black, Silver and Mahogany

Details

Victor Pasmore, C.H., R.A. (1908-1998)
Abstract in White, Black, Silver and Mahogany
signed with initials 'VP' (on the reverse)
wood, plastic and aluminium, projective relief construction
48 x 48 x 14 in. (121.9 x 121.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Constructed in 1965.

Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Victor Pasmore: the space within: new paintings and constructions, New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1967, n.p., no. 18, illustrated.
A. Bowness and L. Lambertini, Victor Pasmore with a catalogue raisonné of paintings, constructions and graphics 1926-1979, London, 1980, p. 126, no. 365, illustrated.

Exhibited

São Paulo, 8th São Paulo Bienal, September - November 1965, no. 19.
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Victor Pasmore: the space within: new paintings and constructions, November - December 1967, no. 18.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'The purely abstract artist will be frustrated in his urge for complete development so long as he confines himself to the surface bound medium of painting alone. For full development, he will have to extend his activities in the actual three-dimensional medium of sculpture or architectural form. This means that surface painting is the beginning, rather than the end, of abstract art.'
(V. Pasmore (artist's statement), in J. Reichardt, Victor Pasmore, London, 1962).

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