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Trafalgar Square, London (1950)

Ceri Geraldus Richards

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Trafalgar Square, London (1950)

© Estate of Ceri Richards. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Photo credit: Tate

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Blue painting with fountains, pigeons, street photographer and bronze lions of Nelson's Column at the Trafalgar Square and the tower of Big Ben. Inscribed: ‘'50 Ceri Richards’ bottom right and ‘Trafalgar Square Richards’ on back of canvas.

Dimensions:

151.1 x 243.8 cm

Accession Number:

T00292

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1959

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Sir Philip Hendy (1900-1980) for the Contemporary Art Society out of the Special Festival Fund at the Sixty Paintings for '51 Arts Council exhibition, 1951; presented to the Tate, 1959

Relationship:

Philip Hendy Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

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Artist Bio

Ceri Geraldus Richards
Trafalgar Square, London (1950)

Artworks by Ceri Geraldus Richards

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