Live Auction 10366Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)
Lot 209

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

Orange and Blue Q

Closed26 November 2015

Price Realised

GBP 25,000

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Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)
Orange and Blue Q
signed, inscribed and dated 'Orange + Blue Q/1989/Terry Frost/June 92' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
89 x 55 in. (226 x 139.5 cm.)

Purchased directly from the artist in the early 1990s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 28 November 2006, lot 147.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 2007.

Specialist note

'The sun has been perhaps the most enduring of Terry Frost's themes. Whether in the Mediterranean or out over the Atlantic, its rising, its blazing, black glare and its many shades of setting have been a rich source of imagery' (see D. Lewis, Terry Frost, Aldershot, 2000, p. 136).