Victor Pasmore, R.A. (1908-1998)
Lot 165 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SAMUEL AND PATRICIA CARR

Samuel Carr was chairman of the publishers B.T. Batsford, and a keen collector of Modern British Art. His brother, the well-known Northern Irish painter Tom Carr, introduced Sam to his Slade School and Euston Road School contemporaries. Sam struck up a particularly close friendship with Victor Pasmore and purchased many works directly from him.

Victor Pasmore, R.A. (1908-1998)

The Thames at Hammersmith

Closed27 June 2017

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Victor Pasmore, R.A. (1908-1998)
The Thames at Hammersmith
signed with initials 'VP' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted in 1943.

Purchased from the artist by Mr Samuel Carr, and by descent.

Specialist note

Although titled The Thames at Hammersmith in the 1948 exhibition the present work closely resembles the view of the Thames at Chiswick as depicted in The Quiet River: The Thames at Chiswick, 1943-44, which is in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.