Basil Beattie b. 1935
Ladder Series I, 2017
oil stick on paper
36 x 28 cm
14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in
14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in
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Beattie is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, ladders and tunnels which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work. “Ladders, tunnels and...
Beattie is best known for his evocative abstract paintings, featuring architectural motifs such as stairs, ladders and tunnels which lend psychological and physical complexity to his work.
“Ladders, tunnels and bridges, are words which refer to architectural details, but are also used to speak metaphorically of psychological and emotional states of being.” – Basil Beattie RA
“Ladders, tunnels and bridges, are words which refer to architectural details, but are also used to speak metaphorically of psychological and emotional states of being.” – Basil Beattie RA
Provenance
acquired from the below exhibition by the previous ownerExhibitions
London, The Keeper's House, Royal Academy of Arts, 'Basil Beattie, A Passage of Time', February to April 2018
