British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection
Peter Lanyon
Rising Air
Auction Closed
June 29, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Neiman Marcus Collection
Peter Lanyon
1918 - 1964
Rising Air
signed Lanyon and dated 61 (lower centre); also signed Lanyon, titled, dated 61 and inscribed (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
unframed: 152.5 by 122cm.; 60 by 48in.
framed: 156 by 125cm.; 61½ by 49¼in.
Executed in 1961.
We are grateful to Martin Lanyon and Toby Treves for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Gimpel Fils, London, where acquired by the present owners in 1961
Anon., 'British Abstractions', Time (Atlantic edition), vol. 78, no. 7, 18 August 1961, pp. 42-8, illustrated p. 43
John Dalton, 'Lanyon and Landscape', The Studio, vol. 164, no. 835, November 1962, pp. 178-81, illustrated p. 181
Peter Lanyon 1918-1964: Bilder 1960-1964, Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, 17 September - 17 October 1964, exh. cat., no. 3
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, no. 166, p. 64
Tom Cross, Painting the Warmth of the Sun: St Ives Artists 1935-1975, rev. ed., Halsgrove, Wellington, 2008, p. 119
Toby Treves and Barnaby Wright, 'Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings: An Introduction', Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, exh. cat., Courtauld Gallery, London, 2015, pp. 20, 23, illustrated fig. 5 (dated 1960)
Toby Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, Modern Art Press, London, 2018, illustrated no. 484, p. 498-9
John Dalton, 'Lanyon and Landscape', The Studio, vol. 164, no. 835, November 1962, pp. 178-81, illustrated p. 181
Peter Lanyon 1918-1964: Bilder 1960-1964, Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, 17 September - 17 October 1964, exh. cat., no. 3
Andrew Causey, Peter Lanyon: His Painting, Aidan Ellis, Henley-on-Thames, 1971, no. 166, p. 64
Tom Cross, Painting the Warmth of the Sun: St Ives Artists 1935-1975, rev. ed., Halsgrove, Wellington, 2008, p. 119
Toby Treves and Barnaby Wright, 'Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings: An Introduction', Soaring Flight: Peter Lanyon's Gliding Paintings, exh. cat., Courtauld Gallery, London, 2015, pp. 20, 23, illustrated fig. 5 (dated 1960)
Toby Treves, Peter Lanyon: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings and Three-Dimensional Works, Modern Art Press, London, 2018, illustrated no. 484, p. 498-9