Petite Composition en Gris (Small Composition in Grey) (1953)

Nicolas Ghika

oil on wood

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Petite Composition en Gris (Small Composition in Grey) (1953)

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Wood

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed, bottom left: 'GHIKA 53'.

Dimensions:

41.3 x 33 cm

Accession Number:

T00010

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1955

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Leicester Galleries, by friends of the artist - Nöel Evelyn 'Peter, Lady Norton (1891-1972), 1955; by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1955

Relationship:

Nöel Evelyn 'Peter' Lady Norton Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives Friends of Nicolas Ghika (artist)

Subject:

Geometric abstract art

Nicholas Ghika painted Petite Composition en Gris, signed and dated 1953, in a studio in the Boulevard St Jacques, in Paris, which he had rented for four months. He could see the buildings which are in the centre of the picture from his window. The surrounding patterns originated from another view of Parisian roofs seen from above, and are mingled with wrought-iron designs of window railings. According the the artist, it is one of the last of a series of roofs done at this period. It was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in London in 1955 whence it was acquired and presented with the support of Noel Evelyn 'Peter', Lady Norton (1891-1972) and friends through the Contemporary Art Society.

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