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Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
Lot 108

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)

A page from the diary of a fly

Closed21 June 2016

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GBP 74,500

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Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
A page from the diary of a fly
oil on canvas
15 x 11 ¼ in. (38 x 28 cm.)
Painted in the early 1950s.

A gift from the artist to Benn and Constance Levy in the 1950s, and by whom gifted to the present owner circa 1972.

Specialist note

The title of the present work is inspired by Béla Bartók's From the Diary of a Fly, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 6/142), a piece which attempts to depict the actions of a fly caught in a cobweb, from the perspective of the fly.