Vente aux enchères en direct 532520th Century British & Irish Art Day Sale
John Craxton, R.A. (1922-2009)
Lot 256

John Craxton, R.A. (1922-2009)

Figure in a Tree

Fermé24 May 2012

Prix réalisé

GBP 43,250

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John Craxton, R.A. (1922-2009)
Figure in a Tree
oil on canvas
15¾ x 19¾ in. (40 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943.

Christopher Hull.
Purchased by Sir Simon Hornby in 1991 from the Christopher Hull Gallery, London, and by descent.

Note du spécialiste

Throughout the war John Craxton drew and painted menaced landscapes containing solitary figures (shepherds, poets, dancers, dreamers) which were emblematic images of the artist himself. This self-portrait dates from 1943, when Craxton worked in Dorset and also in Pembrokeshire with Graham Sutherland. It relates closely to a painting owned by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, in which the watchful figure is sheltering in a cave rather than a tree.

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