Live Auction 708620th Century British Art
Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)
Lot 58

Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)

Hot Afternoon (Sperlonga, Italy)

Closed14 July 2011

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GBP 4,750

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Zdzislaw Ruszkowski (1907-1991)
Hot Afternoon (Sperlonga, Italy)
signed 'Ruszkowski' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 x 20½ in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1962.

Purchased by Tom Laughton at the 1963 exhibition.
Robert Luff, Scarborough, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1962 Ruszkowski stayed with friends at their flat in Sperlonga, between Rome and Naples. His daughter accompanied him on this trip and she comments 'The streets were steps carved out of rock with tantalising glimpses of glinting sea between the houses. The flat had a balcony overlooking the main square where we loved to watch all life go by' (private correspondence, 2 June 2011).