Property from the Collection of Denis Mitchell
Peter Lanyon
Pit Head Gear, Geevor Pendeen
Lot Closed
September 23, 10:41 AM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Denis Mitchell
Peter Lanyon
1918 - 1964
Pit Head Gear, Geevor Pendeen
signed Peter Lanyon and indistinctly dated (lower right); also signed Peter Lanyon, titled and dated 1946 (on the reverse)
incised with oil-based wash on card
sheet: 36 by 23.5cm.; 14¼ by 9¼in.
framed: 47 by 34cm.; 18½ by 13½in.
Executed in 1946.
We are gratefu෴l to Martin Lanyon andℱ Toby Treves for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot.
Gifted by the Artist to Deni𝓡s Mitchell, and th♑ence by descent to the present owner
Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, Peter Lanyon 1937-64, 25 January - 4 March 1978, no. 10
This is a drawing of Geevor Mine working gear. There ꦐis a strong suggestion that Peter Lanyon, who was a great friend of Denis Mitchell, drew this as a response to Mitchell's own experiences working down in the mine during the War.
This work was always pܫrominently displayed in Mitchell's studio in Newlyn.