Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004
Green Moon
signed with artist's initials and dated 1953
title inscribed verso
title inscribed verso
gouache
22 x 47.5 cms (9 x 19 ins)
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Barns-Graham’s evocative abstracts are removed enough from reality to be in pursuit of form but referential enough of the landscape to be a part of the English tradition. Her abstract...
Barns-Graham’s evocative abstracts are removed enough from reality to be in pursuit of form but referential enough of the landscape to be a part of the English tradition. Her abstract idiom developed under the influence of Naum Gabo after she settled in St Ives in 1940. Gabo’s preoccupation with Constructivism moved Barnes-Graham toward a more pared-down and well-organised description of natural forms.
