
Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
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Provenance
With Anthony d'Offay, London, 1981, where acquired by
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay, William Coldstream, 20 June-20 July 1984, cat.no.3 (ill.)
Literature
Peter T.J. Rumley, William Coldstream, Sandom & Company, Bristol, 2018, p.130, cat.no.169 (col.ill.)
Painted over a two-week August period Garden in Falmouth depicts the view from the front of a house at 7 Florence Place, rented from art historian Tim Holliday. The development of the painting was meticulously recorded with an initial composition abandoned after the first day. The present composition was finalised over a spread of seven mornings, each comprising of one-and-a-half hour sessions.