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Lot 111AR,W

Robyn Denny
(British, born 1930)
Drink Me 243.8 x 198.1 cm. (96 x 78 in.) (unframed)

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28 May 2014, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Robyn Denny (British, born 1930)

Drink Me
signed and titled 'ROBYN DENNY DRINK ME' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
243.8 x 198.1 cm. (96 x 78 in.)
(unframed)
Painted in 1965

Footnotes

Provenance
With Kasmin Gallery, London
Lord Hartington
Sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1974, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Venice, XXXIII Biennale, British Pavillion; 5 Young British Artists, 1966, cat.no.25 (ill.b&w)
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Jeunes Peintres Anglais, 1967, cat.no.25
London, Tate Gallery, Robyn Denny, 7 March-23 April 1973, cat.no.58 (ill.b&w); this exhibition travelled to Stuttgart, Wurttengergischer and Leverkusen, Stadtisches Museum

Literature
David Thompson, Robyn Denny, Penguin, Middlesex, 1971, p.42, cat.no.29 (col.ill)

The form of the downwardly-depressed bottle in Drink Me, and of course the title itself, are references to the vial of magic potion drank by Alice to shrink and enter the Wonderland. A second oil relating to the Alice in Wonderland tale is the Tate Gallery's Garden (1966-7).

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Please note that the measurements for this work have been transposed.

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