The Rape of the Sabines

Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)

Pallant House Gallery

1949

The Rape of the Sabines was a theme suffused with a wartime preoccupation with birth and death which occupied Richards in 1947-8. Matisse was a primary source of inspiration for the Sabines series and Richards refers specifically to La Danse for the composition, forms and use of colour.

• Medium: watercolour
• Dimensions: 38 x 55 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £625 ( Total: £2,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Marlborough Fine Art

Provenance

Marlborough Fine Art.

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