The Great Log Race (1986)

Peter Howson

mixed media on board

MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Teeside University

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Acrylic, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Men log racing in three rows, each row moving in the counter direction of the last. The race is overseen by a single figure positioned in the upper middle of the picture

Dimensions:

125 x 97 cm

Accession Number:

MIDMA/FA/1169

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1988

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Paton Gallery, London by David Brown (1925-2002) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the aid of a Scottish Arts Council grant, May 1986; presented to MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Teeside University, 1988

Relationship:

David Brown Paton Gallery, London MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Teeside University

Subject:

Sports, Man, Group, Log, Race, Figurative art

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