Mary Martin 1907-1969

'The placing of the shadows that are produced by these variations of depth has a magic which invests these objects with the kind of taut serene silence we associate with certain fifteenth-century art and architecture. Light seems to move caressingly over the surface, and then the surface itself seems to undulate...' (David Sylvester, critic and curator, quoted in the introduction of the exh. cat.)

The present work was created in the year of her involvement in the Construction exhibition, which was organised by the Arts Council and toured a number of museums in the UK.

Provenance

acquired from the 1964 exhibition by Dennis Lennon, and thence by descent

Exhibitions

London, Molton and Lords, 'Mary Martin', Feb. 1964, cat. no.14, label attached verso