Lot Essay
This group reflects Derek Jarman's longing to find both a new perspective in landscape as well as a new interior space during the 1960s and early 1970s. The invention of the solitary post, whose shadow can frequently give the sensation of the picture surface as a clock-face, also seen in many of his landscapes at this time, introduces to a bare pencil drawing the element of a strong light source pervading the image.
We are grateful to Mr. Richard Salmon for the information he has kindly provided for the catalogue.
We are grateful to Mr. Richard Salmon for the information he has kindly provided for the catalogue.