The Petrified Forest (1956)

Pierre Dimitrienko

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Insc. 'DMITRIENKO | 1956' b.l. and 'P. Dmitrienko | 1956. 1 "La Forêt Petrifiée" 'on back of canvas

Dimensions:

130.2 x 161.9 cm

Accession Number:

T00325

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1960

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by the French private collector Mrs Berthe Goetz through the Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris, 1956; purchased by Anthony Lousada (1907-1994) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1958; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1960

Relationship:

Anthony Baruh Lousada Mrs Berthe Goetz Galerie Lucien Durand, Paris Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Subject:

Forest, Winter

Pierre Dimitrienko said that this picture of a forest of dead trees and rocks, which was covered with ice and snow was painted during the winter of 1956 - the first winter after his move to the country near the village of Dieudonné (Oise) in France. There are two other versions of this theme; one was still in the artist's studio in around 1960 and the other belonged to a Monsieur Rieux in Paris. The one in his possession was the same size as this canvas, but the other was slightly larger (130 x 195 cm).

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Pierre Dimitrienko

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