Modern British Art
Modern British Art
Property from the Estate of the late Naim Attallah C.B.E.
Pieta
Auction Closed
June 28, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of the late Naim Attallah C.B.E.
Brian Clarke
b. 1953
Pieta
signed Brian Clarke and dated 1981 (on the reverse)
oil and charcoal on canvas
unframed: 152.5 by 152.5cm.; 60 by 60in.
framed: 165 by 165cm.; 65 by 65in.
Executed in 1981.
The Artist
Robert Fraser, London, where acquired by Naim Attallah C.B.E.
Martin Harrison, Brian Clarke, Quartet Books Limited, London, 1981, no. LIV, illustrated p. 182, and on the cover
Martin Harrison, Brian Clarke: Projects and Paintings, Olympus Corporation, 2nd ed. 1983, cover illustration
Junji Itō, Norman Foster, Brian Clarke: Microcosm (Stained Glass and Paintings), Tokyo, 1987, illustrated p.36 (as ‘ピエタ’)
Suzanne Beeh-Lustenberger, Peter Cook, Johannes Schreiter, Brian Clarke: Malerei und Farbfenster 1977–1988, Hessian State Museum, Darmstadt, 1988, illustrated
London, Royal Institute of British Architects (in assoc. with Robert Fraser Gallery), Brian Clarke: New Paintings, Constructions and Prints, 1981
Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Brian Clarke: Paintings, 1976–1987, 1987
Osaka, Yao Seibu Exhibition Hall, Brian Clarke: Paintings, 1976–1987, 1987
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Brian Clarke: Malerei und Farbfenster 1977–1988, 1988 – 1989
'Mondrian is very important to me. At a time of restrained, ordered minimalism in my work, where I had embraced the non-objective and the abstract with almost a religious kind of puritanical enthusiasm, ‘Pieta’ was me saying, in part to myself, that my ‘new constructivism’ was in colour. Pieta is almost a direct quote from Mondrian. It is respectful, but it was also me saying, “yeah, that – Neoplasticism; De Stijl – was great — but let’s move on. I titled it ‘Pieta’ because I saw it as a sort of religious painting.'
–Clarke on Pieta, in 2019