Christopher Wood

Porthmeor

Auction Closed

November 23, 02:38 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Christopher Wood

1901 - 1930

Porthmeor

oil on canvas

unframed: 46.5 by 56cm.; 18¼ by 22in.

framed: 58.5 by 67.5cm.; 23 by 26½in.

Executed in 1928.

We are grateful to Robert Upstone, author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Crane Kalman Gallery, London
Mrs C Brabner
Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, London, where acquired by Michael Nicholson Esq, April 1983
Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath, where acquired by the present owner, 1st October 2002

Christopher Wood, 1901-1930, Redfern Gallery, London, 1938, no. 321
Richard Ingleby, Christopher Wood An English Painter, Allison & Busby, London, 1995, no. 23

London, Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, 14 April - 13 May 1983, no. 5
London, The Tate Gallery, St. Ives 1939 - 64: Twenty Five Years of Painting, Sculpture and Pottery, 13 February - 14 April 1985, no. 32
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson, 12 September 1987 - 18 October 1987, with Scottish Arts Council Tour to Smith Art Gallery, Sterling, Aberdeen Art Gallery And Museum, Aberdeen and Pier Arts Centre, Aberdeen
Penzance, Newlyn Art Gallery, Christopher Wood: The Last Years, 28 October - 25 November 1989, no. 13