$9,450
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Auction: May 11, 2021 12:00:00 PM EDT
Gouache on paper.
Executed in the 1970s.
Provenance
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Private Collection, Coral Gables, Florida (acquired directly from the above in 1978).
Note
Patrick Heron was an abstract as well as figurative painter, and was also a writer, teacher, and critic, for Arts New York and New Statesman. A 2018 article by Michael Plodger in the latter publication declared “how Patrick Heron made Cornwall the heart of British abstract art,”…"his paintings are joyous and beautiful, great sheets of throbbing colour interspersed with squares, circles and ragged patches of different hues.” [1] Amongst his influences included Bonnard, Matisse, and Braque - about whom he wrote an essay for The New English Weekly, Soulages, and Gabo. In 1947, Heron had his first solo exhibition at London’s Redfern Gallery, with later shows held there in 1956, and 1957, featuring the artist’s “Garden Paintings” and “Horizontal Stripe Paintings,” respectively. These shows helped secure Heron’s reputation as one of the most significant painters of his generation. An important retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1998 at the Tate Gallery.
[1] Michael Prodger, "How Patrick Heron made Cornwall the Heart of British Abstract Art," New Statesman, May 30, 2019 (https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2018/05/how-patrick-heron-made-cornwall-heart-british-abstract-art).