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MODERN BRITISH

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arthur Jackson, Painting, 1937
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arthur Jackson, Painting, 1937

Arthur Jackson 1911-2003

Painting, 1937
oil on canvas board
49 x 70 cm
19 1/4 x 27 1/2 in
signed, titled, dated and inscribed verso

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This painting was made in the same year that Naum Gabo wrote an article called ‘The Constructive Idea in Art’ in the anthology Circle. Gabo proposed that form and content...
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This painting was made in the same year that Naum Gabo wrote an article called ‘The Constructive Idea in Art’ in the anthology Circle. Gabo proposed that form and content should be ‘one and the same thing’, in science, architecture and design as well as in art. He offered the fluidity and poise that Jackson achieved in this small painting as an example of the Constructive idea. Using a combination of precise measurements and intuition, Jackson over-layers the forms to give the painting a three-dimensional quality.
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Provenance

the Artist and thence by descent;
their sale, Christie's London, November 2007, where acquired by the previous owner.

Exhibitions

London, AIA, 41 Grosvenor Square, 'Unity of Artists for Peace, Democracy and Cultural Development', April - May 1937
London, Marlborough Fine Art, 'Art in Britain 1930-40 Centred around Axis, Circle, Unit One', March - April 1965, no. 62;
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, 'Circle: Constructive Art in Britain 1934-40', 20 February - 28 March 1982, no. 16, illustrated in the catalogue p. 24 (where lent by the Artist)
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