Untitled 1989 (1989)

This abstract work indicates an interest in the associative and emotional power of colour, space and line. The artist has suggested that the significance of 'greyness' is threefold: it relates to her memory of Aldershot during the war, to deadness and ugliness. This particular work also has a special optical quality, where the horizontal grey lines appear to vibrate and merge. This work can be positioned within the genres of abstract expressionism and particularly American colour field painting, even though the artist is British.

Dimensions:

188 x 102 cm

Accession Number:

1992.125

Credit:

Presented by Contemporary Art Society, 1992

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Annely Juda Fine Art, London by Jeremy Rees (1937-2003) for the Contemporary Art Society, April 1990; presented to Manchester Art Gallery, 1992

Relationship:

Jeremy Rees Manchester Art Gallery

Subject:

Greys, Abstract Expressionism

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