Alexander Archipenko
Frank Auerbach (b.1931)
Primrose Hill, Autumn, 1979-1980
Oil on board
58 x 48 inches
Signed, titled, and dated 'Frank Auerbach "Primrose Hill Autumn" 1979-80' (on reverse)
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London
Jacob B. Schulman, Gloversville, New York
His Estate sale, Sotheby’s London, 30 June 1988, lot 641 Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s London, 10 February 2005, lot 55. Richard Green and Sons Ltd., London
Private Collection, New York
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Frank Auerbach: Recent Paintings and Drawings, 1982, no. 21(illustrated in colour, p. 31; dated 1980.)
Venice, XLII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte. La Biennale di Venezia, Frank Auerbach, Paintings and Drawings 1977-1985, 1986, p. 26, no. 15 (illustrated in colour, p. 34; dated 1980)
Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Frank Auerbach, 1986-1987, no. 28 (illustrated in colour, p. 61 dated 1980). This exhibition later travelled to Essen, Museum Folkwang.
Literature
R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London 1990, p. 238, no. 221 (illustrated, p. 212; dated 1980) W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2009, no. 421 (illustrated colour, p. 284; dated 1980)
SOLD