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Five Bar
Artist: Trevor Bell (born 1930)
Location: Falmouth Art Gallery
Date: 1978
Materials: acrylic on canvas on shaped stretchers
Dimensions: 305 x 730cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £23,000 (Total: £45,000)
Vendor: Trevor Bell
Review number: 5897 (2007)
Provenance:
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Description:
This work was based on the rocket thrust witnessed by the artist in 1972 at the launch of Apollo 17, the first night-time launch of a space mission. The sight of such sublime beauty and power against the night sky inspired the luminous, almost incandescent colours and innovative five-part format. It was painted in Florida by Bell, a member of the St Ives School from the pioneering period of the mid 1950s, and is the culmination of a series of works.
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