ROBYN DENNY | Moyle

Ilse & Otto Dobermann, Stuttgart
Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 2008

London, Molton Gallery, Robyn Denny, 15th November - 9th December 1961, cat. no.7;
Milan, Galleria Luca Scacchi Gracco, 1962 (details untraced);
Stuttgart, Galerie Müller, Robyn Denny, 20th April - May 1963, cat. no.3, illustrated;
Museum Trier, Absolute Farbe, Avantgarde 63, 1963 (details untraced);
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vormen van der Klur, 20th November 1966 - 15th January 1967, cat. no.23.2; 
London, Tate, Robyn Denny, 7th March - 23rd April 1973, cat. no.36, illustrated p.32, with tour to Würtenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart and Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen.

The canvas appears to be original. There are faint stretcher bar marks at the edges and running horizontally below centre. There are two or three faint pushes to the canvas along the upper edge and one to the centre of the lower edge. There is some cracking to the paint surface towards the upper edge, with further more minor instances elsewhere. There are scattered flecks of loss to the extreme edges and corners of the painting with a few additional scattered flecks of loss to the grey pigment near the centre of the left edge. There is some bloom to the black pigment and surface matter visible to the blue and green pigments. There is a small crescent-shaped area just below the centre of the right edge that appears to be historic retouching. There are a number of faint scuffs to the lower edge with additional scattered scuffs in places and faint handling marks to the upper edge. There is some light surface dirt and studio matter throughout. The work has not been inspected under ultra violet light. The work is unframed. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any further questions regarding the present lot.
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