Live Auction 15482Modern British Art Day Sale
William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)
Lot 178

William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)

Gourds on a Cloth

Closed20 November 2018

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GBP 20,000

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William Brooker, A.R.A. (1918-1983)
Gourds on a Cloth
signed and dated '.BROOKER. '76' (lower right) and indistinctly signed again, inscribed and dated again '"GOURDS/ON A CLOTH"/Oct - Nov 1976/by William Brooker' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1976.

Anthony Caro.
FUBA Collection, South Africa.
Purchased from the above by the present owner's parents in 1999, and by descent.

Specialist note

William Brooker enjoyed a long and successful teaching career, and among his students was Howard Hodgkin, who he taught at the Bath Academy of Art at Corsham. Hodgkin described his mentor as 'the only real teacher I ever had ... he made one feel that painting was a very important occupation. Quite unique. No one else seemed a bit like that. He was a great teacher' (see N. Wadley, exhibition catalogue, William Brooker Retrospective, Newcastle Polytechnic, 1987).