8th Dec, 2021 11:00
Modern Art + Design
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Nigel Henderson (1917-1985)
Head, 1952
signed and dated (lower right)
collage
27.5 x 32cm.
Exhibited:
The Barbican Art Gallery, A Paradise Lost, 1952, catalogue no. 115.
Provenance:
Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames.
Head, an early collage by Henderson demonstrates the inventiveness of his darkroom practice. He coated glass sheets in gouache paint or thin plaster and ‘doodled’ into these coatings with sharp tools. He then used the inscribed glass sheets as negatives to produce photographic prints. Collage is made up of several prints with oil paint added.
The work just pre-dates The Independent Group, or IG, which was first convened in the winter of 1952-3 and then again in 1953-4. It was responsible for the formulation, discussion, and dissemination of many of the basic ideas of British pop art and of much other new British art in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Along with Henderson, the group involved Richard Hamilton, John McHale, Eduardo Paolozzi, and William Turnbull.
Sold for £3,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Nigel Henderson (1917-1985)
Head, 1952
signed and dated (lower right)
collage
27.5 x 32cm.
Exhibited:
The Barbican Art Gallery, A Paradise Lost, 1952, catalogue no. 115.
Provenance:
Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames.
Head, an early collage by Henderson demonstrates the inventiveness of his darkroom practice. He coated glass sheets in gouache paint or thin plaster and ‘doodled’ into these coatings with sharp tools. He then used the inscribed glass sheets as negatives to produce photographic prints. Collage is made up of several prints with oil paint added.
The work just pre-dates The Independent Group, or IG, which was first convened in the winter of 1952-3 and then again in 1953-4. It was responsible for the formulation, discussion, and dissemination of many of the basic ideas of British pop art and of much other new British art in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Along with Henderson, the group involved Richard Hamilton, John McHale, Eduardo Paolozzi, and William Turnbull.
Auction: Modern Art + Design, 8th Dec, 2021
