Victor Pasmore 1908-1998
Linear Development in Two Movements, 1972
oil and pencil on incised board
16 x 16 in (31 x 31 in including frame)
40.6 x 40.6 cm
40.6 x 40.6 cm
signed with initials
Pasmore visited Ben Nicholson in St Ives and, soon afterwards, began his own relief paintings. Paintings such as Linear Development also relate to his work with architects and town-planner, including...
Pasmore visited Ben Nicholson in St Ives and, soon afterwards, began his own relief paintings. Paintings such as Linear Development also relate to his work with architects and town-planner, including as a consultant designer for the new town of Peterlee (1955-77). Here, Pasmore takes painting fully into three-dimensional space, conceiving even the frame as an integral part of the work. The Scottish National Gallery for Modern Art acquired one of these reliefs, via the Knapping Fund, and Portsmouth Museum hold a comparable early work on board.
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, LondonPrivate Collection, Zürich
Private Collection, London
Exhibitions
Zurich, Marlborough Fine Art, 'Victor Pasmore', 1973, cat. no.26
Literature
Alan Bowness and Luigi Lambertini, 'Victor Pasmore: with a catalogue raisonné of the paintings, constructions and graphics 1927-1979', London: Thames and Hudson, 1980, cat. no.515, illus.
