ALCOVE II, 1948
Oil on board. 9 x 13½in. (22.9 x 34.3cm.)
Signed and dated lower right: Colquhoun/48.
Inscribed with the title and the Parkhill Road address on the reverse.
Provenance
Orion Gallery Penzance.
Private collection.
Literature
Ratcliffe (2007) col. pl. 40 illustrates this painting, but is erroneously captioned The Long Journey (1946). The painting is reproduced gain, correctly captioned, in b/w as pl. 72.
This work and Alcove (1946) are clearly the part and counterpart, or image and mirror image, that arise from the decalcomania process. The two year difference in date requires explanation. Perhaps the artist did not work up Alcove II until 1948, or perhaps she signed it then with a prospective sale in mind?
Reference
Ratcliffe, E. Ithell Colquhoun. Mandrake, Oxford. 2007.