Jeremy Moon, British 1934–1973 - 5/69, 1969; acrylic on canvas, signed with initials, titled and dated on the reverse ‘J.M. 4/5/69 No.5/69’, 101.5 x 132.2 cm (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: with Juda Rowan Gallery, London, no. JMO28 (according to the...
Jeremy Moon, British 1934–1973 - 5/69, 1969; acrylic on canvas, signed with initials, titled and dated on the reverse ‘J.M. 4/5/69 No.5/69’, 101.5 x 132.2 cm (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: with Juda Rowan Gallery, London, no. JMO28 (according to the label on the reverse of the stretcher); with Rowan Gallery, London (according to the stamped on the reverse of the stretcher); Rocket, London; private collection, purchased from the above in 2006 Exhibited: Rocket, London, ‘Jeremy Moon: 1969 Grid Paintings’, April – May 2006 Literature: Rocket, London, ‘Jeremy Moon: 1969 Grid Paintings’, 2006 Note: A star of the 1960s, Jeremy Moon’s work falls between colour field and geometric painting, exploring form in his highly individual palette of soft pastel colour. The present work demonstrates Moon’s continued use of the grid form in his work, the playful pop-influenced colours reacting with the presumed rigidity of this structure. Moon was an important figure in London in the 1960s, living and working in Kingston, and developing a new language of abstraction alongside a new generation of artists that included John Hoyland, Gillian Ayres and Bridget Riley. His work is in collections worldwide, including the Tate, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal and The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro. Important exhibitions have included a retrospective exhibition at The Serpentine in 1976 which toured to other UK venues such as Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and the City Art Gallery, Manchester.
Please refer to department for condition report minor handling marks, rubbing and superficial surface staining to the edges. One tiny fleck of missing paint in the top blue square. One small crease visible under raking light lower left corner. Otherwise in good original condition.
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Jeremy Moon, British 1934–1973 - 5/69, 1969; acrylic on canvas, signed with initials, titled and dated on the reverse ‘J.M. 4/5/69 No.5/69’, 101.5 x 132.2 cm (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: with Juda Rowan Gallery, London, no. JMO28 (according to the label on the reverse of the stretcher); with Rowan Gallery, London (according to the stamped on the reverse of the stretcher); Rocket, London; private collection, purchased from the above in 2006 Exhibited: Rocket, London, ‘Jeremy Moon: 1969 Grid Paintings’, April – May 2006 Literature: Rocket, London, ‘Jeremy Moon: 1969 Grid Paintings’, 2006 Note: A star of the 1960s, Jeremy Moon’s work falls between colour field and geometric painting, exploring form in his highly individual palette of soft pastel colour. The present work demonstrates Moon’s continued use of the grid form in his work, the playful pop-influenced colours reacting with the presumed rigidity of this structure. Moon was an important figure in London in the 1960s, living and working in Kingston, and developing a new language of abstraction alongside a new generation of artists that included John Hoyland, Gillian Ayres and Bridget Riley. His work is in collections worldwide, including the Tate, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal and The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro. Important exhibitions have included a retrospective exhibition at The Serpentine in 1976 which toured to other UK venues such as Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and the City Art Gallery, Manchester.
Please refer to department for condition report minor handling marks, rubbing and superficial surface staining to the edges. One tiny fleck of missing paint in the top blue square. One small crease visible under raking light lower left corner. Otherwise in good original condition.
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