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Lot 110

Peter Rose Pulham, British 1910-1956 -   Oil Lamp (with unfinished abstract...

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Lot 110

Peter Rose Pulham,
British 1910-1956 -
 
Oil Lamp (with unfinished abstract...

Price Realised: £2,340

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 110

Description

Peter Rose Pulham,

British 1910-1956 -

 

Oil Lamp (with unfinished abstract composition on the reverse), 1944-45;

 

oil on canvas, signed titled and dated on the reverse 'Peter Rose Pulham Oil Lamp 1944-45', 61 x 91.3 cm (unframed) (ARR)

 

Provenance: Mick Mulligan, Chichester; private collection

 

Note: With thanks to Silvano Levy and Desmond Morris for their assistance in the cataloguing of this work.

 

This extraordinary work was made during the Second World War, when the artist became friends with Francis Bacon. Both artists were developing their mature style during this period and Bacons early influence can be seen in the dense composition and deep, flattened use of colour. Peter Rose Pulhams initially worked as a photographer, moving to Paris in the 1930s where he created celebrated photographic portraits of Pablo Picasso in his studio and discovered and became involved with the Surrealists. Examples of Pulhams work can be found in the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate collections. During his lifetime, the artist exhibited with Redfern Gallery in 1947, Hanover Gallery in 1950 and the ICA in 1952.

 

Mick Mulligan was a jazz musician and friend and musical partner of George Melly, who also worked at the London Gallery. The London Gallery had been founded in the 1930s by Lady Peter Norton, focusing on avant-garde European art, and was later sold to Roland Penrose, and was run by the Belgian Surrealist E. L. T. Mesens.

 

 

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

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