Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Property from the Collection of Denis Mitchell
Patrick Heron
JUNE 30 : 1992
Lot Closed
September 23, 10:43 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Denis Mitchell
Patrick Heron
1920 - 1999
JUNE 30 : 1992
signed Patrick Heron, titled, dated 1992 and inscribed 'FOR - DENIS! Many Happy Returns! From Pat' (on a label attached to the reverse of the frame)
pencil and gouache on paper
sheet: 18 by 24cm.; 7 by 9½in.
framed: 34.5 by 42cm.; 13½ by 16½in.
Executed in 1992.
We are grateful to The Patrick Heron Trust for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. The Trust is preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any works by Patrick Heron, so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to The Patrick Heron Trust c/o Sotheby's Modern & Post-War British Art, Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA.
Gifted by the Artist to Denis Mitchell on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 1992, and thence by descent to the present owner
Patrick Heron and Denis Mitchell first met before the war in Balnoon, St. Ives and remained life-long friends. Heron would often drop into Mitchell's studio over the years and in 1992 bore testament to this bond in his tribute to Denis at the opening of his friend's new exhibition at the Penwith Gallery.
The inscription on a label attached to the reverse of the work reinforces their close comradery, not just as artists but as friends.