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Peter Lanyon
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Peter Lanyon
- Marino
- titled
- watercolour, gouache, pencil and crayon on paper
- 50 by 34.5cm.; 19¾ by 13½in.
- Executed in January 1953.
Provenance
The Artist
Margaret Mellis
Private Collection, U.K., from whom acquired by the present owner
Margaret Mellis
Private Collection, U.K., from whom acquired by the present owner
Condition
The sheet appears sound and adhered to a backing board in at least four corners, but not fully laid down.
There are pin holes visible to the corners of the work. There are two possible repaired tears to the centre of the left hand edge, and a further crease to the centre of the right edge. There is an area of compression to the centre of the top edge, and further signs of handling marks and cockling to the extreme edges, visible upon closer inspection. There are signs of light staining to the sheet, together with a couple of traces of light surface dirt and studio detritus, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition, with strong, fresh colours throughout.
Housed behind glass in a thin gilt frame, float-mounted against a white backing. Unexamined out of frame.
Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding 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
We are grateful to Martin Lanyon and Toby Treves for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
The present work is one of the first paintings that Lanyon executed whilst staying in Italy in early 1953. Marino is a town which lies twenty kilometres south-east of Rome, overlooking lake Albano, and Lanyon's pocket-diary entry for January 8th 1953 confirms that the present work was inspired by a day-visit to Marino with the artist Henry Inlander. Lanyon and Inlander went on to rent a Studio together (in Anticoli Corrado) for the next four months, from January to the end of April 1953.