Porthleven (1951)

Peter Lanyon

oil on hardboard

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Hardboard

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed: ‘Peter Lanyon’ bottom right and on back ‘Porthleven Peter Lanyon 1951’.

Dimensions:

244.5 x 122 cm

Accession Number:

N06151

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1953

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Sir Philip Hendy (1900-1980) for the Contemporary Art Society out of the Special Festival Fund at the Sixty Paintings for '51 Arts Council exhibition, 1951; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1953

Relationship:

Philip Hendy Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Subject:

Landscape, Abstract, Harbour

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