British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Property from a Private Collection, California
Peter Lanyon
Susan
Auction Closed
June 29, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, California
Peter Lanyon
1918 - 1964
Susan
signed Lanyon and dated 58 (centre left); also signed Peter Lanyon, titled and dated 1958 (on the reverse)
oil on board
unframed: 121 by 118cm.; 47½ by 46½in.
framed: 125 by 120.5cm.; 49¼ by 47½in.
Executed in 1958.
We are grateful to Martin Lanyon and Toby Treves for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, where acquired by Stanley J. Seeger, 25 February 1959
His sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 2001, lot 105, where acquired by the present owner
His sale, Sotheby's London, 14 June 2001, lot 105, where acquired by the present owner
Art News, vol. 60, no. 5, September 1961, illustrated p. 33
Peter Lanyon, 'A Sense of Place: Notes on My Painting in General', Painter & Sculptor, vol. 5, no. 2, Autumn 1962, pp. 3-7, illustrated p. 6
Alan Bowness, Peter Lanyon, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1968, n.p.
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon - His Paintings, Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, no. 120, p. 58, illustrated pl. 58
Andrew Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Andrew Lanyon, Newlyn, 1990, illustrated p. 178
Margaret Garlake, Peter Lanyon, Tate Publishing, London, 1998, p. 58
Chris Stephens, Peter Lanyon: At the Edge of Landscape, 21 Publishing, London, 2000, p. 125, illustrated pl. 64
Andrew Lanyon, Saint Ives: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon, Andrew Lanyon, St Ives, 2001, illustrated pp. 70-1
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon: Modernism and the Land, Reaktion Books, London, 2006, pp. 167-8, illustrated pl. 95
Toby Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, Modern Art Press, London, 2018, no. 402, illustrated pp. 384-5
Peter Lanyon, 'A Sense of Place: Notes on My Painting in General', Painter & Sculptor, vol. 5, no. 2, Autumn 1962, pp. 3-7, illustrated p. 6
Alan Bowness, Peter Lanyon, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1968, n.p.
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon - His Paintings, Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, no. 120, p. 58, illustrated pl. 58
Andrew Lanyon, Peter Lanyon 1918-1964, Andrew Lanyon, Newlyn, 1990, illustrated p. 178
Margaret Garlake, Peter Lanyon, Tate Publishing, London, 1998, p. 58
Chris Stephens, Peter Lanyon: At the Edge of Landscape, 21 Publishing, London, 2000, p. 125, illustrated pl. 64
Andrew Lanyon, Saint Ives: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon, Andrew Lanyon, St Ives, 2001, illustrated pp. 70-1
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon: Modernism and the Land, Reaktion Books, London, 2006, pp. 167-8, illustrated pl. 95
Toby Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, Modern Art Press, London, 2018, no. 402, illustrated pp. 384-5