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Patrick Heron was one of Britain’s most important abstract painters. In this early still life he explores the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Heron took as his subject an oil lamp on a table in front of a window. He rendered the objects in heavy black outlines set transparently upon the broad planes of colour that define the rest of the room. He uses line and colour so exuberantly they almost become freed from their representational function.

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

London

Title

Still Life

Date

c.1948–1949

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 50 x W 30 cm

Accession number

P.2011.XX.2

Acquisition method

gift from Trevor Dannatt, 2011

Work type

Painting

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The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Somerset House, Strand, London, Greater London WC2R 0RN England

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