Live Auction 553020th Century British Art
John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)
Lot 206

John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)

Yellow Abstract

Closed15 July 2010

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GBP 1,875

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John Armstrong, A.R.A. (1893-1973)
Yellow Abstract
signed and dated 'John Armstrong 60' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 October 1995, lot 232, as 'Yellow and Grey Abstract'.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 23 September 1997, lot 52, as 'Abstract Composition in Grey and Yellow', where purchased by present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a version of Armstrong's abstract cityscape theme which he developed from 1959 onwards on returning to London from living in Cornwall.

We are very grateful to Jonathan Gibbs for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot and lots 207-208.