Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Professor Brian Whitton for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Gorse Fire
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John Tunnard, A.R.A. (1900-1971)
Gorse Fire
signed, dated and numbered 'John Tunnard. 47./W.40' (lower left), signed again, inscribed, numbered again and dated again 'Gorse Fire./John Tunnard/1947/W.40' (on the reverse)
pencil, ink, watercolour, pastel and gouache on paper
14 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (37.7 x 55.6 cm.)
Executed in April 1947.
Gorse Fire
signed, dated and numbered 'John Tunnard. 47./W.40' (lower left), signed again, inscribed, numbered again and dated again 'Gorse Fire./John Tunnard/1947/W.40' (on the reverse)
pencil, ink, watercolour, pastel and gouache on paper
14 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (37.7 x 55.6 cm.)
Executed in April 1947.
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by Dalzell-Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles, 7 July 1952.
Arthur and Marjorie McKinney, and by descent to Maryann McKinney.
A gift from the above to Planned Parenthood Association, Utah, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Arthur and Marjorie McKinney, and by descent to Maryann McKinney.
A gift from the above to Planned Parenthood Association, Utah, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Peat and B. Whitton, John Tunnard, His Life and Work, Aldershot, 1997, p. 178, no. 534.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, John Tunnard: New Paintings, November - December 1947, no. 31.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Feininger & Tunnard: Watercolors, March - April 1951, catalogue not traced.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Feininger & Tunnard: Watercolors, March - April 1951, catalogue not traced.
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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