
Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
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PROVENANCE:
The artist's estate
With Jonathan Clark & Co, London, 2002 where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Please note that this work has been authenticated by John Hitchens, the artist's son, and bears two studio stamps (verso).
In his later years, Hitchens spent the vast majority of his time at home in West Sussex continuing to focus on the landscape that had dominated his artistic output. His paintings of this period, as demonstrated in May Morning, display an assurance and vitality in their bold appearance with speed and energy of brushwork. The summation of decades of experimentation and practice, these canvases combine economy of gesture and simplification of form to showcase a true mastery of painting.