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Property from the Family of Sir Ove Arup

John Tunnard

Over the Hills

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November 23, 05:08 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Family of Sir Ove Arup

John Tunnard

1900 - 1971

Over the Hills


signed John Tunnard and dated -42- (lower left); also signed John Tunnard (on the reverse)

oil, pencil and gesso on board

unframed: 35 by 45.5cm.; 13¾ by 18in.

framed: 41.5 by 52cm.; 16¼ by 20½in.

Executed in 1942. 

Acquired by Sir Ove Arup by 1946, and thence by family descent to the present owner
Buffalo, USA, Albright Knox Art Gallery, British Contemporary Painters, 1 April – 30 April 1946, no. 56, illustrated in catalogue p. 92, with British Council tour to St Louis City Art Museum, St Louis and Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
London, Arts Council at the Royal Academy, John Tunnard 1900-1971, 6 March - 11 April 1977, no. 36 (Lent by Sir Ove N. Arup), with tour to  Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge, Kettering Gallery, Kettering,  Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle and Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
Alan Peat & Brian A. Whitton, John Tunnard His Life and Work, Scholar Press, Aldershot, 1997, no. 268, p. 160