Ultramarine with Lime

Maker

(Artists)
1920-1999

Title

Date of Production

(June) 1976

Medium

gouache on paper

Dimensions

Height: 58.5 cm (paper)
Width: 78.4 cm (paper)

Accession Number

D.1984.AH.7

Mode of Acquisition

Mark Ian Alastair Hunter, bequest, 1984

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This painting’s highly coloured irregular shapes are typical of Heron’s work from the 1970s. Although completely abstract, he was inspired by the sparse peninsular landscape of West Cornwall where he lived overlooking the ocean in a house called Eagle’s Nest. The work’s sea-like blue background, which seems to shape the coloured organic forms, is expressive of such a natural landscape. Other colours, such as the red and lime green, are less obviously naturalistic and instead contrast to give a powerful optical sensation.

Provenance

purchased by Dr Alastair Hunter from Waddington Galleries, May 1980; Hunter Bequest 1984

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscribed : signed & titled & dated & felt tip pen (blue) : verso : signature within a rectangle : PATRICK HERON / ULTRAMARINE WITH LIME : JUNE 1976

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