Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Frances Spalding for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JOHN MINTON (1917-1957)
Corsican Fisherman
Details
JOHN MINTON (1917-1957)
Corsican Fisherman
signed and dated 'John Minton 1948' (upper right)
oil on canvas
40 ½ x 50 ½ in. (102.8 x 128.2 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Corsican Fisherman
signed and dated 'John Minton 1948' (upper right)
oil on canvas
40 ½ x 50 ½ in. (102.8 x 128.2 cm.)
Painted in 1948.
Provenance
with Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, 1949.
J.J.A. Caunt, by 1958.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1996, lot 56.
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner in the late 1990s.
J.J.A. Caunt, by 1958.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1996, lot 56.
with Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner in the late 1990s.
Literature
S. Martin and F. Spalding, exhibition catalogue, John Minton: A Centenary, Chichester, Pallant House, 2017, pp. 52, 55, 123, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Arts Council Gallery, John Minton, October - November 1958, no. 16: this exhibition travelled to Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, November - December 1958; Blackburn, Art Gallery, December 1958 - January 1959; Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery, January - February 1959; Bristol, City Art Gallery, February - March 1959; and Nottingham, Victoria Art Gallery, March - April 1959.
Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, John Minton: A Centenary, July - October 2017, exhibition not numbered.
Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, John Minton: A Centenary, July - October 2017, exhibition not numbered.
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