STILL LIFE, 1962
Oil on canvas. 15¾ x 29¾in. (40.5 x 76.5cm.)
Signed with the monogram ’62
Inscribed on the reverse with the title qnd the year.
Provenance
Sotheby’s studio sale, London, 24th April 1985, lot 557. Illustrated (in reverse) in b/w in the catalogue, as oil on paper.
National Trust bequest.
This painting of fruit and coffee pot displayed on a table is almost unique in Colquhoun’s work in that there are a large number of component parts have been arranged and composed. Generally, her still lives and flower paintings feature small numbers of elements – a jug of flowers or one or two pieces of fruit.