Marlow Moss British, 1889-1958
7 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches
I am familiar with this work since it was bought at Christie's by a private individual in Devon and then loaned to Tate / Leeds Art Gallery for the travelling Marlow Moss show I curated (first with Tate St. Ives in 2013) 2014-2015. I was put in touch with the buyer at this time by Angus Granlund of Christie's, and met him for the first time in Leeds, when he hand-delivered the work. It later went to another private collection in London, and now to the Mayor Gallery.
It is a remarkable and energetic composition — relating in my mind to Moss's love of ballet.
It has the 'no. 17' to the verso in pencil, although it is not known to what this refers — by its date and dimensions it seems more likely to be no. 14 in the Carus Gallery show.
-Lucy Howarth
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 12 December 2013, lot 35, where purchased by the previous owner.
Private collection, London
Exhibitions
New York, Carus Gallery, marlow moss 1890-1958, April - May 1979, catalogue no.14
Leeds, City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam House, Marlow Moss, June - September 2014, exhibition not numbered: travelling to London, Tate Britain, September 2014 - March 2015
London, The Mayor Gallery, Marlow Moss / Vera Molnár: New Angles, 4 September – 1 October 2024Literature
To be included in the provisional Catalogue Raisonné
Certificate available