Red and Green Peppers

Details

Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987)
Red and Green Peppers
signed and dated 'Eliot Hodgkin 9.X.56' (lower left)
tempera on board
4 ¾ x 6 3/8 in. (12 x 16.2 cm.)
Painted on 9 October 1956.

Provenance

Commissioned by Kettner's Restaurant, London.
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London.

Exhibited

London, Hazlit, Gooden & Fox, Eliot Hodgkin 1905-1987. Eighteen Selected Still Life Studies from 1954 to 1957, October - November 1993, no. 10.

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Lot Essay

We are very grateful to Mark Hodgkin for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry by Eliot Hodgkin. He is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work and would like to hear from owners of any work by the artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Mark Hodgkin, c/o Christie's, Modern British Art Department, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT.

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