Norman Blamey O.B.E., R.A., (British, 1914-2000)

Confession and Absolution

Confession and Absolution
signed with monogram (lower right)
oil on board
101.5 x 75.5cm (39 15/16 x 29 3/4in).
Painted circa 1954

Provenance
With Whitechapel Gallery, London, where acquired by the family of the present owner, 1954, and thence by descent
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
Norwich, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk Institute of Art and Design, Norman Blamey, 14 September-10 October 1992; this exhibition travelled to Bath, Victoria Art Gallery and London, The Fine Art Society

Literature
L. Checketts, Norman Blamey, exh.cat., Norwich Gallery, Norfolk, 1992, p. 68, illustrated on p. 23

Please note that this lot is offered with the signed Norwich Gallery exhibition catalogue and an original letter from the Artist referring to the purchase of the painting, October 1954.