38. Geoff Thornley b. 1942
Untitled
est. $8,000 - 12,000
Untitled
Mixed media
89 x 79 cm
Signed & dated 1977 verso
89 x 79 cm
est. $8,000 - 12,000
Fetched $5,500
Relative size
Provenance:
Purchased from Petar James Gallery, Auckland 1977
Fletcher Trust Collection
This is one of the last paintings produced by Thornley in the period immediately before he began his work on the Constructions which were to occupy him for the next nine years. In its clear separation of two sharply contrasted colours it bears a close resemblance to some of the early constructions except that in this case the work is painted on a single canvas held within a frame. This is a transitional work in which the artist is moving towards a new style.