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Victor Pasmore, R.A.
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- Victor Pasmore, R.A.
- Winter Scene
- signed with initials
- oil on canvas
- 40.5 by 51cm.; 16 by 20in.
- Executed circa 1946-1947.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the Artist by Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton and thence by descent to the present owner
Condition
Original canvas. There are two minor surface abrasions along the left side of the lower edge. The surface is slightly dirty and may benefit from a light clean; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition.
Under UV light there appear to be no signs of retouching.
Held in a wooden frame.
Please telephone the department on 0207 293 6424 if you have any questions about the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The present work is to be sold together with a copy of Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton's memoirs, Rapids of Time, Sketches from the Past (1965) which describes the present work as 'a cold harmony of cloud, snow and ice with two small figures dissolving in motion as they skate. This latter is an exquisite example of Victor Pasmore's earlier style, painted early in the forties...'. Educated at Oxford, Hamilton (1888 - 1967) became well known as a poet and critic and in response to the present work, he composed the following in 1947:
Winter Scene, A Painting by Victor Pasmore
The low dun house, with quilted roof,
Lies hunched and mouselike, while aloof
Two skaters, fixed in whirling poise,
Move, but deny their movement's noise:
The cloudscape, colour less than veil,
Turns dusk the bloom of snow, and pale
The sheeted ice, while singly freeze
The spectre of what once were trees.
With grey-white, white, and white-grey linked
So nearly one yet so distinct,
Dead winter speaks, almost aloud,
In three tones - ice, and snow and cloud.
Winter Scene, A Painting by Victor Pasmore
The low dun house, with quilted roof,
Lies hunched and mouselike, while aloof
Two skaters, fixed in whirling poise,
Move, but deny their movement's noise:
The cloudscape, colour less than veil,
Turns dusk the bloom of snow, and pale
The sheeted ice, while singly freeze
The spectre of what once were trees.
With grey-white, white, and white-grey linked
So nearly one yet so distinct,
Dead winter speaks, almost aloud,
In three tones - ice, and snow and cloud.