
Mary Gatenby
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Sold for £24,320 inc. premium
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Provenance
With Portal Gallery, London, 1995, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
Plymouth, Plymouth Arts Centre, Beryl Cook 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 11 November-23 December 1995
Literature
B. Cook and J. Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p. 74, illustrated (as Auction Room)
'This is where a lot of the treasures in our house came from, here and the junk stalls. I visited this saleroom so many times, and found the seriousness with which each item was examined so appealing, that I decided to have a go at painting it. I didn't go down to bid, only to view. John did the bidding, and he told me once that one of our friends decided to play 'In the Mood' on an old piano during the proceedings, and received a sharp reproof from the auctioneer for his trouble. I was sorry I'd missed this episode, I must say. We now try to control our buying - there simply isn't any more room to pack it all in.' (B. Cook and J. Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p. 74)