A page from the diary of a fly

Details

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
A page from the diary of a fly
oil on canvas
15 x 11 ¼ in. (38 x 28 cm.)
Painted in the early 1950s.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Benn and Constance Levy in the 1950s, and by whom gifted to the present owner circa 1972.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

The title of the present work is inspired by Béla Bartók's From the Diary of a Fly, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 6/142), a piece which attempts to depict the actions of a fly caught in a cobweb, from the perspective of the fly.

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