Soft Blacks (Grey and White) (March 22, 1962) (1962)

Patrick Heron

brush in grey ink and gouache mounted on hessian

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Soft Blacks (Grey and White) (March 22, 1962) (1962)

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Hessian scrim, Grey ink, Gouache

Physical Object Description:

Three circular shapes, top left, bottom right (with a white circular centre) and centre right (with a darker centre), and a grey outlined white square, bottom right. Ink drawing, mounted on hessian.

Technique:

Brush

Dimensions:

77.5 x 57.1 cm

Accession Number:

1965,0213.1

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1965

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Waddington Galleries, London by Sir Alan Bowness (1928-2021) for Contemporary Arts Society, December 1962; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1965

Relationship:

Alan Bowness Waddington Custot (Waddington Galleries), London Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Abstract, Black (colour)

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