John Plumb 1927-2008
Still Life (with Meat Mincer & Mangle)
signed and titled verso
painted in 1955
painted in 1955
oil on canvas
101.5 x 89 cms (40 x 35 ins)
framed: 116 x 103 cms (45½ x 40½ ins)
framed: 116 x 103 cms (45½ x 40½ ins)
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John Plumb passed through many stylistic phases in his career but there is no doubt that the early works are his rarest and most accomplished. The palette, though essentially muted,...
John Plumb passed through many stylistic phases in his career but there is no doubt that the early works are his rarest and most accomplished. The palette, though essentially muted, displays brilliant flashes of yellows and red which serve to industrialise the mechanics of the still life. Apart from being shown at the influential 'Metamorphosis: Figure into Abstract' in Coventry 'Still Life (with Meat Mincer and Mangle)' was also the primary example of 1950’s paintings exhibited in the John Plumb Retrospective in 2015.
Provenance
Private collection, 2015- 2021Exhibitions
Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery, The Sir Alfred Herbert Centenary Exhibition Metamorphosis: Figure into Abstract, 3 September - 2 October 1966, cat no 546
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