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Cloud Base
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PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
Cloud Base
signed and dated 'Lanyon/62' (centre right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'CLOUD/BASE/Lanyon May 62' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.8 cm.)
Painted in 1962
Cloud Base
signed and dated 'Lanyon/62' (centre right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'CLOUD/BASE/Lanyon May 62' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.8 cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
The artist, and by descent.
with Ivor Braka Ltd., London, by 1983, where purchased by The Hiscox Collection.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1998, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by The Peter Simon Collection.
with Ivor Braka Ltd., London, by 1983, where purchased by The Hiscox Collection.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1998, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by The Peter Simon Collection.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Corsham: Painters and Sculptors, Totnes, Arts Council of Great Britain, Darlington College of Art, 1965, n.p., no. 118, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, XVIII Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Premio del Fiorino, Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1967, illustrated.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, pp. 28, 65, no. 174, pl. 65.
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Penzance, 1990, pp. 230-231, illustrated.
C. Stephens, Peter Lanyon: At The Edge of Landscape, London, 2000, p. 159, pl. 91.
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon: The Cuttings, Helston, 2006, n.p., illustrated, inverted.
T. Treves and B. Wright (eds), exhibition catalogue, Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, London, Courtauld Gallery, 2015, pp. 71-72, 84.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, pp. 30-31, 494, 534-535, no. 508, fig. 17.
Exhibition catalogue, XVIII Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Premio del Fiorino, Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 1967, illustrated.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, pp. 28, 65, no. 174, pl. 65.
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Penzance, 1990, pp. 230-231, illustrated.
C. Stephens, Peter Lanyon: At The Edge of Landscape, London, 2000, p. 159, pl. 91.
A. Lanyon, Peter Lanyon: The Cuttings, Helston, 2006, n.p., illustrated, inverted.
T. Treves and B. Wright (eds), exhibition catalogue, Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, London, Courtauld Gallery, 2015, pp. 71-72, 84.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, pp. 30-31, 494, 534-535, no. 508, fig. 17.
Exhibited
Newlyn, Art Gallery, Newlyn Society of Artists Summer Exhibition II, August - September 1962, no. 51.
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Paintings by Peter Lanyon, October 1962, no. 7.
Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Four Painters: Alan Davie, Paul Feiler, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, October 1963, no. 15.
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Britische Malerie der Gegenwart, May - July 1964, n.p., no. 49, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, October - December 1964.
London, Camden Arts Centre, The English Landscape Tradition in the 20th Century, January - February 1969, p. 13, no. 47, illustrated.
Sydney, Art of Man Gallery, Peter Lanyon, 1980, no. 4.
Madrid, Museo Municipal, Pintura Británica Contemporánea, April - May 1983, p. 120, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
London, Gimpel Fils, Peter Lanyon: Works 1946-1964, November 1983, no. 8.
London, Gimpel Fils, Summer Exhibition, 1984, exhibition not numbered.
London, Christie's, The New Patrons: Twentieth-Century Art from Corporate Collections, January 1992, no. 199.
London, Camden Arts Centre, Peter Lanyon: Air, Land & Sea, November - December 1992, pp. 35, 71, no. 32, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Mead Gallery, January - February 1993; Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, February - April 1993; and Penzance, Newlyn Art Gallery, May - June 1993.
London, Royal College of Art, The Twentieth Century British Art Fair: Loan Collection, September - October 1995, no catalogue.
London, Gimpel Fils, Recent Paintings by Peter Lanyon, October 1962, no. 7.
Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Four Painters: Alan Davie, Paul Feiler, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, October 1963, no. 15.
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Britische Malerie der Gegenwart, May - July 1964, n.p., no. 49, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, October - December 1964.
London, Camden Arts Centre, The English Landscape Tradition in the 20th Century, January - February 1969, p. 13, no. 47, illustrated.
Sydney, Art of Man Gallery, Peter Lanyon, 1980, no. 4.
Madrid, Museo Municipal, Pintura Británica Contemporánea, April - May 1983, p. 120, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
London, Gimpel Fils, Peter Lanyon: Works 1946-1964, November 1983, no. 8.
London, Gimpel Fils, Summer Exhibition, 1984, exhibition not numbered.
London, Christie's, The New Patrons: Twentieth-Century Art from Corporate Collections, January 1992, no. 199.
London, Camden Arts Centre, Peter Lanyon: Air, Land & Sea, November - December 1992, pp. 35, 71, no. 32, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Mead Gallery, January - February 1993; Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, February - April 1993; and Penzance, Newlyn Art Gallery, May - June 1993.
London, Royal College of Art, The Twentieth Century British Art Fair: Loan Collection, September - October 1995, no catalogue.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Toby Treves for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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