.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED PRIVATE COLLECTION
PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
Fly Away
Details
PETER LANYON (1918-1964)
Fly Away
signed, inscribed and dated 'FLY AWAY/Lanyon 61' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Fly Away
signed, inscribed and dated 'FLY AWAY/Lanyon 61' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Provenance
Sheila Lanyon.
James Coxson, 1995.
with Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 1998.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2017, lot 18, where purchased by the present owner.
James Coxson, 1995.
with Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous owner in 1998.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2017, lot 18, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
D. Judd, 'In the Galleries: Peter Lanyon', Arts, Vol. 36, March 1962, p. 50, no. 6.
I.H. Sandler, 'Reviews & Previews: Peter Lanyon', Art News, Vol. 61, 1962, p. 18, no. 1.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, p. 63, no. 157.
M. Vaizey, 'Poetry in Landscape', Sunday Times, 19 January 1975.
W. Feaver, 'Peter Lanyon', Financial Times, 21 January 1975, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon: Later Work, Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, 1979, note. 22.
D. Hyatt, 'Space Equals Blue Speed Red Over Green: Some Aspects of the Work of Peter Lanyon', Contemporary Art, Spring 1993, Vol. 1, p. 19, no. 3, illustrated.
T. Treves and B. Wright, exhibition catalogue, Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, London, Courtauld Gallery, 2015, p. 23, fig. 6.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, p. 506, no. 490, illustrated.
I.H. Sandler, 'Reviews & Previews: Peter Lanyon', Art News, Vol. 61, 1962, p. 18, no. 1.
A. Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, p. 63, no. 157.
M. Vaizey, 'Poetry in Landscape', Sunday Times, 19 January 1975.
W. Feaver, 'Peter Lanyon', Financial Times, 21 January 1975, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Lanyon: Later Work, Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, 1979, note. 22.
D. Hyatt, 'Space Equals Blue Speed Red Over Green: Some Aspects of the Work of Peter Lanyon', Contemporary Art, Spring 1993, Vol. 1, p. 19, no. 3, illustrated.
T. Treves and B. Wright, exhibition catalogue, Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, London, Courtauld Gallery, 2015, p. 23, fig. 6.
T. Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, London, 2018, p. 506, no. 490, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Peter Lanyon, January - February 1962, no. 9.
San Antonio, Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, Paintings by Peter Lanyon, February - March 1963, catalogue not traced.
Bath, Bath Festival, Festival Gallery, St Ives Group 2nd Exhibition, June 1969, no. 45.
London, New Art Centre, Peter Lanyon, January - February 1975, no. 2.
Bournemouth, The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Modern Artists Exhibition, January - February 1979, exhibition not numbered.
Paris, Artcurial, English Contrasts: Peintres et Sculpteurs Anglais 1950-1960, September - November 1984, exhibition not numbered, dated '1959'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, Recalling the Fifties: British Painting and Sculpture 1950-60, February - March 1985, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Chessel Gallery, Peter Lanyon: Oils and Gouaches, February - March 1986, no. 1, dated '1959'.
London, Gimpel Fils, Scope: Abstraction from the 50s, June - September 1992, exhibition not numbered.
London, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art 1910-1965, November - December 1998, p. 45, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
San Antonio, Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, Paintings by Peter Lanyon, February - March 1963, catalogue not traced.
Bath, Bath Festival, Festival Gallery, St Ives Group 2nd Exhibition, June 1969, no. 45.
London, New Art Centre, Peter Lanyon, January - February 1975, no. 2.
Bournemouth, The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Modern Artists Exhibition, January - February 1979, exhibition not numbered.
Paris, Artcurial, English Contrasts: Peintres et Sculpteurs Anglais 1950-1960, September - November 1984, exhibition not numbered, dated '1959'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Serpentine Gallery, Recalling the Fifties: British Painting and Sculpture 1950-60, February - March 1985, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Chessel Gallery, Peter Lanyon: Oils and Gouaches, February - March 1986, no. 1, dated '1959'.
London, Gimpel Fils, Scope: Abstraction from the 50s, June - September 1992, exhibition not numbered.
London, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Aspects of Modern British Art 1910-1965, November - December 1998, p. 45, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Toby Treves for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Brought to you by
Alice Murray
Head of Evening Sale