Verge

Maker

(artist)
1934-2011

Title

Verge

Date of Production

12.10.1976

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 190 cm (canvas)
Width: 129.8 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1984.AH.194

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

Hoyland made many visits to New York in the 1960s and 1970s and was deeply immersed in the work of the Abstract Expressionists. Sharing their commitment to pure abstraction and to expressing the material qualities of paint, his work from this period often explored the creative possibilities of large planes of colour. In Verge, Hoyland applies the paint in successive layers using a variety of tools, including a brush, a palette knife and a wide scraper with which he created the large slab of blended colours in the centre. This dominant monolithic block creates a sense of order and even monumentality.

Provenance

Hunter Bequest 1984

Exhibition History

John Hoyland, St Ives & Cornwall & England, 20/05/2006-24/09/2006

The Hunter Collection of Twentieth Century Masters, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/1987-03/06/1988

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed and dated by the artist : : [CHECK]

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