Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Poppies with Yellow under
Lot 77†
Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979) Poppies with Yellow Under 60 x 114.4 cm. (23 5/8 x 45 in.)
Sold for £156,000 (US$ 259,166) inc. premium
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Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979)
Poppies with Yellow Under
signed 'Hitchens' (lower right) and further signed, inscribed and dated '"Poppies with yellow under"/1957/by IVON.HITCHENS/Greenleaves.Petworth.Sussex' (on a label attached to the stretcher)
oil and pencil on canvas
60 x 114.4 cm. (23 5/8 x 45 in.)

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    London, Arthur Tooth and Sons, Critic's choice: 1957 selection by Neville Wallis, 10 September - 5 October 1957, no. 7
    London, Serpentine Gallery, Recalling the Fifties

    Literature:
    Peter Khoroche, Ivon Hitchens, Lund Humphries, 2007, p.98 (col.ill.p.128)
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