John Minton

Henry Roland
His sale, Sotheby's London, 6th October 1993, lot 138, where acquired by David Bowie

Northampton, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Art Alive, 1960;
Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, The Language of Drawing, 1972, cat. no.2;
Reading, Reading Art Gallery, John Minton 1917-1957, 1974, cat. no.35, with tour to Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield;
London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection, 1976, cat. no.101;
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, 80 Works from the Roland Collection, 1976, cat. no.22;
Rochdale, Rochdale Art Gallery, 70 Works from the Roland Collection, 1978, cat. no.38;
Jarrow, Bede Gallery, 60 Works from the Roland Collection, 1980-81, cat. no.20, with tour to Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, Bury St. Edmund's Art Gallery, Bury St. Edmund's, University of Surrey, Guildford, and University of London Arts Centre, London;
Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, The Importance of Drawing, 1983, cat. no.42;
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Art Gallery, 1995 (details untraced).

The sheet has been adhered along all four edges to a backing card. The right vertical edge is deckled, and the upper horizontal edge is unevenly cut, in line with the artist's working materials and techniques. There is a very small repaired tear left of centre on the lower horizontal edge and there are a few very minor creases to a small area of the lower left corner, with one or two further creases elsewhere. There are two small areas of studio matter in the lower right quadrant. The pigments may be slightly faded. Subject to the above the work is in very good overall condition. The work is held within an window mount and presented in a simple gilt wood frame under glass. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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We are grateful to Frances Spalding for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.