Selby-Bigge's interest lay in the abstract qualities of machinery.
Composition, 1930 by John Selby-Bigge, 1930
© The artist's estate
Details
- Medium:
- Oil on board
- Dimensions:
- 49.6 x 74.6 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £1,700 ( Total: £5,000)
- Acquired in:
- 2005
- Vendor:
- Mayor Gallery
He made a number of unreal, skeletal ships. He wrote of his work, that form would 'appear solid within space and as such should not create their effect by giving an illusion of depth but having an identity, an independent life of their own'. This work was purchased with additional funding from the David and Liza Brown Bequest Fund through the Art Fund.
Provenance
Estate of the artist; Mayor Gallery, London; Patrick Dawnay; Michael Dawnay; Mayor Gallery, London.
Venue details
Southampton City Art Gallery
Civic Centre, SOUTHAMPTON
Hampshire
SO14 7LP
023 8083 2277
www.southampton.gov.uk/art
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