Leon Kossoff

Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2000

Colour: The colours in the catalogue are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is lighter throughout and the reds tend towards a raspberry pink in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to convey the rich texture of the impasto and the intense brushwork in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultra-violet light.
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"London, like the paint I use seems to be in my blood stream. It's always moving - the skies, the streets, the buildings, the people who walk past me when I draw have become part of my life"  The artist cited in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, Leon Kossoff, 1996, p. 36