Isle of Purbeck

© 1958, Peter Lanyon

Isle of Purbeck

Currently not on view

Isle of Purbeck,

1958

Peter Lanyon, British, 1918–1964
y1962-127

Information

Title
Isle of Purbeck
Dates

1958

Maker
Peter Lanyon
Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
121 x 182 cm (47 5/8 x 71 5/8 in.) frame: 125 × 184.8 × 4 cm (49 3/16 × 72 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stanley J. Seeger Jr., Class of 1952
Object Number
y1962-127
Signatures
Titled, signed, and dated, verso, upper right: ISLE OF PURBECK / Peter Lanyon Sept. 1958
Culture
British
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, academy board
Subject
brown, blue, brush strokes, white (color), black, abstraction

Peter Lanyon; represented by Gimpel Fils; January 1961 purchase by Viviano Gallery; 1961 sale to Stanley J. Seeger Jr.; 1962 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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