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Ithell Colquhoun
(British, 1906-1988)
Sunflower
20 September 2023, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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Ithell Colquhoun (British, 1906-1988)
Sunflower
signed and dated 'Colquhoun/36.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 x 46cm (22 1/16 x 18 1/8in).
signed and dated 'Colquhoun/36.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
56 x 46cm (22 1/16 x 18 1/8in).
Footnotes
Provenance
With The Orion Gallery, Penzance, 1973
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
London, Fine Art Society, Exotic Plant Decorations, 1936, cat. no.21
Exeter, City Art Gallery, Ithell Colquhoun: Paintings, Collages and Drawings, 26 September - 21 October 1972, cat. no.2
Penzance, The Orion Gallery, Ithell Colquhoun: Flower and Plant Paintings, 4-22 September 1973, cat. no.8
London, Parkin Gallery, Ithell Colquhoun: Paintings and Drawings 1930-40, 9 November - 3 December 1977, cat. no.15
Literature
Richard Shillitoe, Ithell Colquhoun: Magician Born of Nature, 2009, cat. no.223, p.214.
We are grateful to Dr Richard Shillitoe for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.