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John Armstrong

Catalogue No. 17
Abstract 1962
Oil on canvas
30 x 20 ins (76.2 x 50.8 cms)

Signed and dated '62

Titled label verso

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Provenance:

Private Collection

Initially a leading light in the development of Surrealism in Britain, Armstrong's work underwent several changes both in composition and application. The first hints of abstraction can be seen in The Meeting, 1958 in which a backdrop of buildings has been reduced to a series of flat planes painted with square brush technique. By 1959, Grey Green Construction had paved the way for a series of pure abstracts, rectangular in form with stippled semi-transparent surfaces. Abstract 1962 was the culmination of this development.

Exhibited:

John Armstrong, Paintings 1935-1970,

The Minories, Colchester 1977, Cat No 35

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