Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979)
River Rother near Stedham
signed 'Hitchens/1964' (lower left), further signed, inscribed and dated '"River Rother near Stedham"/18 x 43 inches (oil painting0 1964/by IVON HITCHENS PETWORTH - SUSSEX' (on a label attached to the stretcher), inscribed again 'Foliage by water' (on the stretcher) and dated again (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
45.7 x 109.2 cm. (18 x 43 in.)
signed 'Hitchens/1964' (lower left), further signed, inscribed and dated '"River Rother near Stedham"/18 x 43 inches (oil painting0 1964/by IVON HITCHENS PETWORTH - SUSSEX' (on a label attached to the stretcher), inscribed again 'Foliage by water' (on the stretcher) and dated again (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
45.7 x 109.2 cm. (18 x 43 in.)
Sold for
£57,600
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Private Collection, U.K.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 3 December 2002, lot 97 (£34,000)
The River Rother, situated in the heart of Sussex countryside, was visited by Hitchens a number of times from the mid-fifties through to the late sixties. The tranquility of the setting proved strong inspiration for the artist during these years. Peter Kharoche remarks, 'One place to which he returned constantly...was Woolbeding, near Midhurst...Most often this was down beside the river Rother which flowed placidly beyond the avenue of pleached hornbeam at the end of the garden. He loved this secluded spot, still and quiet, the water overhung by trees...' (Peter Khoroche, Ivon Hitchens, London, 1990, p.92).
Category: Fine Art / Modern British and Irish Art
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