240 - Patrick Heron,

Patrick Heron, British 1920-1999 - STATION, CAGNES-SUR-MER : DECEMBER 1948; pencil on paper, signed and dated lower left 'Patrick Heron Dec 48', 24.8 x 30 cm (ARR) Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 17th March 1976, lot 120; Private Collection; with Anthony Hepworth Fine Art Dealers Ltd., London (according to a copy of the original invoice and the label attached on the reverse of the frame); Private Collection, UK, purchased from the above on the 9th September 2006 Exhibited: A.I.A. Gallery, London, 'A.I.A. Members Summer Exhibition', 4th August-3rd September 1955 Note: the present work was made when the Herons visited Francis Davison and Margaret Mellis between late November 1948 and early January 1949 at their home Le Château des Enfants on Cap d’Antibes. Heron was a central part of the St Ives School which shaped the landscape of 20th-century British art. Living and working largely in Cornwall, Heron was closely connected to figures such as Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, and worked for Bernard Leach at the Leach Pottery.Heron experimented with a range of styles, producing both highly abstract pieces alongside more representational and figurative work, with his mature work driven principally by his exploration of the depiction of light, space, and colour. We are grateful to Dr Andrew Wilson and The Patrick Heron Trust for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. The Trust is preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any works by Patrick Heron, so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to The Patrick Heron Trust c/o Modern British and 20th Century Art, Roseberys, 70/76 Knights Hill, London SE27 0JD or email williamsummerfield@roseberys.co.uk.