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Shadows in a Room
Details
CERI RICHARDS (1903-1971)
Shadows in a Room
signed and dated 'Ceri/ Richards/ 50' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Shadows in a Room/ Ceri Richards '50' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 x 46 in. (91.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
Shadows in a Room
signed and dated 'Ceri/ Richards/ 50' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Shadows in a Room/ Ceri Richards '50' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
36 x 46 in. (91.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1950.
Provenance
Acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill in October 1954.
Bequest from the above to Honor Frost in 1963.
The Evill/Frost sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 2011, lot 28, where purchased by the present owner.
Bequest from the above to Honor Frost in 1963.
The Evill/Frost sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 2011, lot 28, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Redfern Gallery, Ceri Richards: Exhibition of Recent Paintings, May - June 1950, n.p., no. 3, illustrated.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Burlington Galleries, British Painting 1925-1950: An Exhibition For The Festival of Britain, 1951, p. 9, no. 76, pl. VII: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery.
São Paulo, British Council, Museu de Arte Moderna, II Biennial Exhibition, September 1953 - June 1954, p. 187, no. 4, illustrated, and subsequent tour.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Ceri Richards: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1960, no. 34, as 'Purple Interior with Pianist', 1949.
probably, London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculptures, Part 2, Section 2, April - May 1961, no. 4, as 'Seated figure and Piano'.
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, no. 144.
London, Tate Gallery, Ceri Richards, July - September 1981, no. 53.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Burlington Galleries, British Painting 1925-1950: An Exhibition For The Festival of Britain, 1951, p. 9, no. 76, pl. VII: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery.
São Paulo, British Council, Museu de Arte Moderna, II Biennial Exhibition, September 1953 - June 1954, p. 187, no. 4, illustrated, and subsequent tour.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Ceri Richards: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1960, no. 34, as 'Purple Interior with Pianist', 1949.
probably, London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculptures, Part 2, Section 2, April - May 1961, no. 4, as 'Seated figure and Piano'.
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, no. 144.
London, Tate Gallery, Ceri Richards, July - September 1981, no. 53.
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