Lot 183
  • 183

Patrick Procktor, R.A.

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Patrick Procktor, R.A.
  • The Black Set
  • signed and dated 1964 on the reverse; inscribed on the canvas overlap and stretcher bars
  • oil and collage on canvas; in four parts
  • height: 183cm.; 72in.

Provenance

Acquired by a Private Collector in the 1970s

Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, The New Generation, March - May 1964.

Condition

Original canvases; the work is formed in four parts, joined via hinges. There are minor old handling marks, minor surface abrasions and surface dirt and traces of light studio detritus to the canvas, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition. Please contact the department for an ultraviolet light report. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Ian Massey for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.