Live Auction 588320th Century British Art including The Olga Davenport Collection
Colin Self (b. 1941)
Lot 153

Colin Self (b. 1941)

Cinema Study no. 7; Cinema Study no. 12; Cinema Study no. 30; Cinema Study no. 14.

Closed25 March 2009

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GBP 1,000

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Colin Self (b. 1941)
Cinema Study no. 7; Cinema Study no. 12; Cinema Study no. 30; Cinema Study no. 14.
signed, inscribed and dated 'COLIN SELF. CINEMA STUDY 1969 NO. 7 (CINEMA SCREEN WITH CURTAIN.) 19th and 20th July 1961' (on the reverse); signed, inscribed and dated 'COLIN SELF. CINEMA STUDY 1969. NO. 12. (CINEMA CURTAIN) 21ST JULY 1969.'(on the reverse); signed, inscribed and dated 'COLIN SELF. CINEMA STUDY 1969. NO 14. (CINEMA CURTAIN). 22ND JULY 1969 (on the reverse); signed, inscribed and dated 'COLIN SELF. CINEMA STUDY 1969 NO. 30 (CINEMA CURTAIN) 28TH JULY 1969.' (on the reverse)
ink and watercolour
6¼ x 8½ in. (15.9 x 21.6 cm.) (4)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

Self was drawn to the Art Deco interior of the Muswell Hill Odeon and the manager allowed him to sketch there when it was closed to the public. The four works in this lot depict the luxurious surfaces of the cinema curtains. Other works from the series feature solitary female figures in fur coats with the marble architecture in the background and the series culminates with the sculpture Cinema SI.

We are very grateful to Colin Self for his assistance cataloguing this lot.