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    John Cecil Stephenson

    Bishop Auckland 1889 – 1965 London

    1373   

    Study for "Painting 1936"

    Estimate CHF 2'000
    Hammer price CHF 4'300
    Information without guarantee
    02.06.2023
    German version below
    Shipping fees

    1936

    Gouache, over a light preliminary drawing in pencil

    23x22 cm

    Provenance

    Estate of the artist; Alexander Postan, London, with label; Private collection Switzerland

    Exhibition

    London/Newcastle 1974/1975, Camden Art Centre/Laing Art Gallery, Stephenson Retrospective Exhibition

    Condition

    On thin wove paper (papier vélin), the lower right corner irregular, tiny spots outside of the image, the paper slightly wavy. At all fresh in colour and in very good condition

    Comments

    Stephenson is one of the pioneers of abstract art in Britain. Fascinating early composition on paper to a painting from 1936


     
     

    Study for "Painting 1936"


    1936

    Gouache, über leichter Vorzeichnung in Bleistift

    23x22 cm

    Provenienz

    Nachlass des Künstlers; Alexander Postan, London, mit Etikett; Privatsammlung Schweiz

    Ausstellung

    London/Newcastle 1974/1975, Camden Art Centre/Laing Art Gallery, Stephenson Retrospective Exhibition

    Zustand

    Auf dünnem Velin, die rechte untere Ecke unregelmässig, minime Flecken ausserhalb der Darstellung, das Papier leicht wellig. Insgesamt farbfrisch und in sehr guter Erhaltung

    Erläuterungen

    Stephenson zählt zu den Pionieren der abstrakten Kunst in Grossbritannien. Faszinierende frühe Komposition auf Papier zu einem Gemälde von 1936


     
     
     
    Estimated shipping fees
    Switzerland CHF115
    Europe CHF185
    Overseas CHF235

    Note: The image cannot be displayed for legal reasons. For more information, see the PDF of the catalogue: Link to PDF


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