Live Auction 16044Modern | British & Irish Art
Malcolm Hughes (1920-1997)
Lot 4

Malcolm Hughes (1920-1997)

White and Aluminium 1967

Closed21 March 2018

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GBP 5,250

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Malcolm Hughes (1920-1997)
White and Aluminium 1967
signed, inscribed and dated 'WHITE & ALUMINIUM 1967" MALCOLM HUGHES.' (on the stretcher); signed again, inscribed again, and dated again twice 'WHITE AND ALUMINIUM 1967/Malcolm Hughes 1967' (on the backboard)
oil and aluminium on panel, relief construction
19 x 19 in. (48.3 x 48.3 cm.)

with Axiom Gallery, London.
Private collection, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 31 March 2010, lot 155, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Malcolm Hughes was one of a small group of British artists who in the 1960s abandoned figurative painting to explore a form of abstraction rooted firmly in the tradition of European constructivism. His own style, as an artist and group organiser, came clearly into view when he co-founded the Systems Group in 1969 with Jeffrey Steele.