Eclectic | London
Eclectic | London
PETER HOWSON, O.B.E | O MIRACLE!
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May 18, 03:09 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PETER HOWSON, O.B.E.
b.1958
O MIRACLE!
oil on canvas
Painted in 1995.
152.5 by 122cm., 60 by 48in.
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Flower's East, London, where purchased by the present owner
R. Heller, Peter Howson, London, 2003, illustrated in colour, p.115
London, Flower's East, The Rake's Progress and Other Paintings, 1996
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.