The Fruit Market

Details

John Banting (1902-1972)
The Fruit Market
oil on canvas
12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased at the 1987 exhibition by Ian Read.
Acquired by the present owner's husband, circa 2000, and by descent.

Exhibited

Sunninghill, Austin Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art IV, May - June 1987, no. 4.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The figure in the present work is believed to be Nancy Cunard, the heiress, turned writer and political activist, who was close friends with John Banting and muse to many 20th Century artists including Man Ray, Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound.

We are very grateful to Michel Remy for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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