Lot 40
  • 40

PETER HOWSON, O.B.E. | O Miracle!

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Possibly Peter Howson
  • O Miracle!
  • oil on canvas
  • 152.5 by 122cm., 60 by 48in.
Painted in 1995.

Provenance

Flower's East, London, where purchased by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Flower's East, The Rake's Progress and Other Paintings, 1996

Literature

R. Heller, Peter Howson, London, 2003, illustrated in colour, p.115

Condition

The work is in very good original conditon. UV light inspection reveals no evidence of any retouching or restoration. Please note that this work is unframed.
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Catalogue Note

The present work is the fourth in a series of monumental paintings based on Stravinksy's opera The Rake's Progress, which itself was based on William Hogarth's series of paintings and engravings detailing a man's downward journey ending in imprisonment in Bedlam. The Rake series were exhibited at Flower's East in 1996.