Sir Terry Frost, R.A.

Beaux Arts, London, where acquired by the present owner

The sheet is sound and is not laid down but is held in place with plastic photo corners in the right hand corners. There are two repaired tears to the left hand edge, not visible in the current mount. There are two artist pinholes which have torn along the top edge, a further pinhole to the centre of the right hand edge and a crease in the lower left corner- again not visible in the current mount. The sheet has slightly discoloured and there are spots of foxing, mostly to the border under the mount. There are specks of studio detritus. Held under glass in a simple black frame with a white mount. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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'I never thought about it at the time, I thought of the title [Walk Along the Quay] after I got the idea, I mean I had been walking along the quay every morning...it was quite a simple experience. I just happened to notice that the boats were there with a different colour on when the tide was out and they were all propped up on a stick...the strange feeling of looking on top of boats at high tide and the same boats tied up and resting...when the tide's out' (Terry Frost, transcript of a conversation with Adrian Heath and John Hoskin, July 1987).

The present painting belongs to a highly significant early body of work that was inspired by morning walks along the quay in St Ives. This work was later chosen by Tate St Ives as the basis for a sell-out print edition.