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Lot Essay
'The purely abstract artist will be frustrated in his urge for complete development so long as he confines himself to the surface bound medium of painting alone. For full development, he will have to extend his activities in the actual three-dimensional medium of sculpture or architectural form. This means that surface painting is the beginning, rather than the end, of abstract art.'
(Victor Pasmore (artist's statement), in J. Reichardt, Victor Pasmore, London, 1962).
Vivian Williams was General Manager of the Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation. Following the resignation of Berthold Lubetkin, the project’s original architect, Williams appointed his friend Pasmore, in 1955, to serve as a representative of the visual arts to improve the continuing design of the town. Pasmore was closely involved with the layout of the south-west side of the town, its focal point being a lake crowned by the ‘Pasmore Pavilion’, which he designed in 1963.
(Victor Pasmore (artist's statement), in J. Reichardt, Victor Pasmore, London, 1962).
Vivian Williams was General Manager of the Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation. Following the resignation of Berthold Lubetkin, the project’s original architect, Williams appointed his friend Pasmore, in 1955, to serve as a representative of the visual arts to improve the continuing design of the town. Pasmore was closely involved with the layout of the south-west side of the town, its focal point being a lake crowned by the ‘Pasmore Pavilion’, which he designed in 1963.