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Prunella Clough (British, 1919-1999) Gate II 166.4 x 182.8 cm. (65 1/2 x 72 in.) Painted 1978-79 image 1
Prunella Clough (British, 1919-1999) Gate II 166.4 x 182.8 cm. (65 1/2 x 72 in.) Painted 1978-79 image 2
Lot 30AR

Prunella Clough
(British, 1919-1999)
Gate II 166.4 x 182.8 cm. (65 1/2 x 72 in.) Painted 1978-79

29 September 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Prunella Clough (British, 1919-1999)

Gate II
oil on canvas
signed 'Clough' (verso)
166.4 x 182.8 cm. (65 1/2 x 72 in.)
Painted 1978-79

Footnotes

Provenance
With New Art Centre, London, where acquired by
Geoffrey Darke, thence by descent to the present owners
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, The British Art Show, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1 December 1979-27 January 1980, cat.no.79; this exhibition travelled to Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery and Hatton Gallery, 15 February-23 March, Bristol, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Royal West of England Academy and Arnolfini, 1-24 May

Literature
Bryan Robertson, 'Harper's & Queen', 1979 (col.ill, in a prior state)

The present work is informed by the architecture of the then recently constructed East Stand of Stamford Bridge football ground, located close to Clough's Chelsea studio. The stand was built in 1972 by architects John Darbourne and Geoffrey Darke, the work's first owner. The painting was selected by William Packer for inclusion in the Arts Council's inaugural British Art Show.

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