Patrick Heron (1920-1999)
拍品 152 POST-WAR BRITISH MODERNISM FROM THE PARNASSUS COLLECTION

Patrick Heron (1920-1999)

Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black: October 1958

已結束2013年11月21日

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Patrick Heron (1920-1999)
Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black: October 1958
signed, inscribed and dated 'VIOLET/BROWN OCHRE/LEMON &/BLACK/OCTOBER 1958/PATRICK/HERON' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)

Gifted by the artist to Olga Davenport.
Her sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 25 March 2009, lot 29.

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In two letters written on Eagle's Nest headed paper, Heron wrote to Olga Davenport, the previous owner of Violet Brown Ochre Lemon & Black:

Thursday
'Ah yes - the present! It is not yet in existence! But it will be. In any case I think it would have been wrong to throw it at you through the Xmas post, wouldn't it? You mightn't have liked it enough! If I give it to you properly (or give you a choice) I'll be able to note this. See?'

Sunday 12th
'By the way - what was arranged about a frame for my painting (yours, I mean!)? Shall I look into it with (and for) you when I come up? Framing v. important ... Until soon ... much love P'.