John Bratby RA, British 1928-1992 - Chalking the Cue, 1960;...

John Bratby RA,
British 1928-1992 -

Chalking the Cue, 1960;

oil on canvas, signed and dated upper left 'John Bratby Feb 1960', 80.8 x 116.5 cm (ARR)

Provenance:
with The Merrill Gallery, New York (according to the label attached to the reverse and titled 'Grome and Self at Snooker');
Ruth and Jack Wexler;
private collection, gifted by the above in 1995 (according to the previous cataloguing);
Sotheby's, London, Modern & Post-War British Art, 20th November 1995, lot 161;
private collection, purchased from the above

Literature:
Alan Clutton-Brock, 'Painters of Today: John Bratby ARA', Studio Books, London, 1961, no.14 illus.

Note:
this work is accompanied by a copy of 'Painters of Today: John Bratby ARA'

Ruth and Jack Wexler were important patrons and collectors, who also owned works by Jean Dubuffet and Andre Lanskoy.