Deserted Pier (1948)

Mary Potter

oil on board

The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Board

Physical Object Description:

Painting of a deserted pier covered in a thick pale green layer of paint that is evoking a sense of fog and isolation. Signed bottom right: M. Potter

Dimensions:

25.6 x 30.6 cm

Accession Number:

HARAG 1108

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1956

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist at The London Group exhibition at the Academy Hall, London by Raymond Mortimer (1895-1980) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1948; presented to The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 1956

Relationship:

Raymond Mortimer The London Group Royal Academy, London The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

Subject:

Pier

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