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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTOR
LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019)
Nude on a Red Bed, Summer
Details
LEON KOSSOFF (1926-2019)
Nude on a Red Bed, Summer
oil on board
30 ¼ x 54 in. (76.8 x 137.2 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Nude on a Red Bed, Summer
oil on board
30 ¼ x 54 in. (76.8 x 137.2 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Victor Waddington, 1972.
with Fischer Fine Art, London, where purchased by Stuart Barovick in 1986.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, 1991.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 April 1998, lot 45.
with Gallery K, Oslo.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 222.
with L.A. Louver, Venice, California, where purchased by the present owner in November 2022.
with Fischer Fine Art, London, where purchased by Stuart Barovick in 1986.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, 1991.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 April 1998, lot 45.
with Gallery K, Oslo.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 222.
with L.A. Louver, Venice, California, where purchased by the present owner in November 2022.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Summer 1994: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1994, pl. 36, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
R. Cork, 'Capital Deposit North of the Border', The Times, 11 July 1995.
'Remembering Leon Kossoff through His Scenes of Anxiety and Disquiet', ARTnews, 5 July 2019, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
A. Rose, Leon Kossoff: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2021, p. 178, no. 103, illustrated.
R. Cork, 'Capital Deposit North of the Border', The Times, 11 July 1995.
'Remembering Leon Kossoff through His Scenes of Anxiety and Disquiet', ARTnews, 5 July 2019, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
A. Rose, Leon Kossoff: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2021, p. 178, no. 103, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Leon Kossoff: Recent Paintings, January - February 1972, p. 41, no. 34, illustrated.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Pictures for an Exhibition, March - May 1980, no. 23.
Oslo, British Council, Kunstnernes Hus, A School of London: Six Figurative Painters, May - June 1987, p. 84, no. 59, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, June - August.
Edinburgh, British Council, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, From London: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj, July - September 1995, p. 142, no. 26, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Luxembourg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, September - November; Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, November 1995 - January 1996; and Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, La Pedrera, February - April.
London, Tate Gallery, Leon Kossoff, June - September 1996, pp. 85, 165, no. 41, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Corner 1998, December 1997 - January 1998, exhibition not numbered, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
Venice, California, L.A. Louver, Figuration: Paintings and Drawings - Tony Bevan, William Brice, Rebecca Campbell, Richard Diebenkorn, Charles Garabedian, David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, Alice Neel, November - December 2010, no catalogue.
Venice, California, L.A. Louver, Evolver, June - August 2018, no catalogue.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Pictures for an Exhibition, March - May 1980, no. 23.
Oslo, British Council, Kunstnernes Hus, A School of London: Six Figurative Painters, May - June 1987, p. 84, no. 59, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, June - August.
Edinburgh, British Council, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, From London: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, Kitaj, July - September 1995, p. 142, no. 26, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Luxembourg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, September - November; Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, November 1995 - January 1996; and Barcelona, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, La Pedrera, February - April.
London, Tate Gallery, Leon Kossoff, June - September 1996, pp. 85, 165, no. 41, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Corner 1998, December 1997 - January 1998, exhibition not numbered, illustrated, as 'Nude on a Red Bed'.
Venice, California, L.A. Louver, Figuration: Paintings and Drawings - Tony Bevan, William Brice, Rebecca Campbell, Richard Diebenkorn, Charles Garabedian, David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, Alice Neel, November - December 2010, no catalogue.
Venice, California, L.A. Louver, Evolver, June - August 2018, no catalogue.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Andrea Rose for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Brought to you by
Alice Murray
Head of Evening Sale