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John Tunnard

A Tumult
1961
Gouache and pencil
15 x 22 ins (38.1 x 55.9 cms)

signed and dated

title inscribed verso

Tunnard Ledger 61/G2

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Provenance:

McRoberts & Tunnard, London, where purchased by the previous owner, December 1961

Alan Peat & Brian Whitton, John Tunnard His Life and Work, Scholar Press 1997, page 195, no 773

The 1960s saw Tunnard's Surrealist interest in endless space turn to an increasing fascination with outer space. His cosmically inspired imagination was rewarded with a marked revival of interest in his work by commercial galleries, notably McRoberts and Tunnard in 1959, 1961 and 1964 and with Durlacher Gallery in New York in 1960. As with Tumult, most of the paintings from this period are in gouache, a medium in which he technically excelled, and appealed to both collectors and the informed imaginations of scientists and engineers.

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