Artist: Nevill Johnson RHA RUA (1911-1999) Title: Sanctuary (1986) Signature: signed lower left and dated, titled verso Medium: acrylic on board Size: 41 x 51cm (16.1 x 20.1in) Framed Size: 54.2 x 64.2cm (21.3 x 25.3in) Provenance: James Adams, Dublin, 28th September 2011 lot 161; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Rightly renowned for his photographs of Dublin in the 1950's, Nevill Johnson was also an artistically restless, exceptionally capable painter with a sound grasp of Cubism. He enjoyed a late flowering from the latter 1970s. This is a superb example of that late work: a cluster of architectonic forms ... Read more Nevill Johnson Lot 171 - 'Sanctuary (1986)' Estimate: €1,200 - €1,800 Rightly renowned for his photographs of Dublin in the 1950's, Nevill Johnson was also an artistically restless, exceptionally capable painter with a sound grasp of Cubism. He enjoyed a late flowering from the latter 1970s. This is a superb example of that late work: a cluster of architectonic forms enfolds an ambiguously figurative central presence. The palette is spare and beautifully judged, just as in a closely related work of the time, GAEA. As Dickon Hall noted in his book on Johnson, even as his work became increasingly abstract, it gained in emotional weight.
Artist: Nevill Johnson RHA RUA (1911-1999) Title: Sanctuary (1986) Signature: signed lower left and dated, titled verso Medium: acrylic on board Size: 41 x 51cm (16.1 x 20.1in) Framed Size: 54.2 x 64.2cm (21.3 x 25.3in) Provenance: James Adams, Dublin, 28th September 2011 lot 161; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Rightly renowned for his photographs of Dublin in the 1950's, Nevill Johnson was also an artistically restless, exceptionally capable painter with a sound grasp of Cubism. He enjoyed a late flowering from the latter 1970s. This is a superb example of that late work: a cluster of architectonic forms ... Read more Nevill Johnson Lot 171 - 'Sanctuary (1986)' Estimate: €1,200 - €1,800 Rightly renowned for his photographs of Dublin in the 1950's, Nevill Johnson was also an artistically restless, exceptionally capable painter with a sound grasp of Cubism. He enjoyed a late flowering from the latter 1970s. This is a superb example of that late work: a cluster of architectonic forms enfolds an ambiguously figurative central presence. The palette is spare and beautifully judged, just as in a closely related work of the time, GAEA. As Dickon Hall noted in his book on Johnson, even as his work became increasingly abstract, it gained in emotional weight.
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