Live Auction 10442Modern British and Irish Art
John Minton (1917-1957)
Lot 126

John Minton (1917-1957)

The Forest of Paper (Design for a Mural)

Closed19 March 2015

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GBP 1,125

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John Minton (1917-1957)
The Forest of Paper (Design for a Mural)
oil on board
14 x 28 ¼ in. (35.6 x 71.8 cm.), shaped
Painted in 1957.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 July 1973, lot 248B.

Specialist note

The artist was commissioned by the Reed Paper group to do a mural for the Packaging Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1957, and the present work was a design for this mural. Minton was working on this particular design just before he died.