Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)

During the late 1960s and 1970s Frost produced a series of large works in which he experimented with a number of pure, contrasting hues. 'Although C- and D-shapes had been part of his [Frost's] vocabulary since the abstracts of 1950-51, by the late 1960s they were taking on new roles. As part of his exploration of the possibilities opened up by his work with colour ... Terry Frost found himself using repeated series of D-shapes to carry colour across the canvas. He was also intrigued by the intervening shapes and the rythms they set up' (see D. Lewis, Terry Frost, Aldershot, 2000, p. 113).