Patrick Heron 1920-1999
Project for Festival of Britain, 1951
oil on board
16 x 70 in
40.6 x 177.8 cm
40.6 x 177.8 cm
In 1951, as part of the Festival of Britain, Patrick Heron was invited to design a mural for the Festival restaurant at the South Bank. It was to measure ten by forty-three feet. This work is one of several studies he made for the mural which, when the project was abandoned, was never realised
Provenance
The Artist's FamilyWaddington Galleries, London
Jonathan Clark Fine Art
Private Collection, UK
Exhibitions
Wakefield City Art Gallery, 'Retrospective exhibition of paintings and drawings by Patrick Heron', 5 April - 3 May 1952; touring to The University, Leeds, 10-24 May; Bankfield Museum, Halifax, 3l May - 28 June; The Art Gallery, Scarborough,19 July - 10 August; The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 30 August - 21 September, catalogue no.62 (not illus.)
The Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham 'Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Patrick Heron' I-22 November 1952, catalogue no.45 (notJoin our mailing list
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