1/34: 'Painting 1934'
Painting 5/34
Painting 2/35
Painting 3/35
Painting 4/35
Painting 7/35
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Oil on board.
Shown in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Leicester Galleries, March 1934.
Sold by Arthur Jackson in 1934 for 6 guineas to the Matron of Saffron Walden Hospital.
Changed hands March 1993.
Shown in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Leicester Galleries, March 1934.
Sold by Arthur Jackson in 1934 for 6 guineas to the Matron of Saffron Walden Hospital.
Changed hands March 1993.
2/34: 'Painting 1934'
Painting on board, 10 x 7 inches
Exhibited in Chelsea charity show arranged by Nicolete Gray, July 1935.
Exhibited in Julian Trevelyan Lending Gallery, October 1935.
Exhibited in Chelsea charity show arranged by Nicolete Gray, July 1935.
Exhibited in Julian Trevelyan Lending Gallery, October 1935.
3/34: 'White & Grey'
Painted wood relief (believed to be the only relief by AJ).
Exhibited in Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, January 1935.
Sold by Arthur Jackson in December 1936 for £6.
Changed hands 1988.
Exhibited in 'Cross-Section: British Art in the Twentieth Century', Sixth Exhibition at Peter Nahum Gallery, 5 Ryder Street, London SW1Y 6PY, September 1998. (Illustrated in catalogue as No. 74).
Exhibited in Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, January 1935.
Sold by Arthur Jackson in December 1936 for £6.
Changed hands 1988.
Exhibited in 'Cross-Section: British Art in the Twentieth Century', Sixth Exhibition at Peter Nahum Gallery, 5 Ryder Street, London SW1Y 6PY, September 1998. (Illustrated in catalogue as No. 74).
Painting on canvas, 41 x 30 inches
Exhibited at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1935.
Shown in Artists International Exhibition, November 1935.
Changed hands 1986.
Exhibited at International Contemporary Art Fair, London, 1986.
Sold by Christie's (London) 6 November 1992 for £22,000 (including buyer's premium). Illustrated in catalogue (Lot 63).
Exhibited at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1935.
Shown in Artists International Exhibition, November 1935.
Changed hands 1986.
Exhibited at International Contemporary Art Fair, London, 1986.
Sold by Christie's (London) 6 November 1992 for £22,000 (including buyer's premium). Illustrated in catalogue (Lot 63).
4/34: 'Composition'
Painting on plywood, 30 x 16 inches
Exhibited at Experimental Theatre, Hampstead, January 1935.
Reproduced in 'Axis' No.1, January 1935.
Exhibited in Chelsea charity show arranged by Nicolete Gray, July 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Exhibited at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1936.
Exhibited at Agnew's Gallery, January 1937.
Exhibited at Experimental Theatre, Hampstead, January 1935.
Reproduced in 'Axis' No.1, January 1935.
Exhibited in Chelsea charity show arranged by Nicolete Gray, July 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Exhibited at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1936.
Exhibited at Agnew's Gallery, January 1937.
Painting 6/34
Painting on canvas board.
In the possession of Arthur Jackson's mother and his sister Peggy during their lifetimes.
In the possession of Arthur Jackson's mother and his sister Peggy during their lifetimes.
Painting 1/35
Painting on canvas, 29 x 26 inches.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936, Liverpool, April-May 1936, and at Wakefield, 1936.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936, Liverpool, April-May 1936, and at Wakefield, 1936.
Painting on canvas, 35¾ x 27¾ inches.
Reproduced in an article by S. John Woods in 'Decoration' January 1936.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936.
Reproduced in an article by S. John Woods in 'Decoration' January 1936.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936.
Painting on canvas, 30 x 25 inches.
Exhibited at Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, November - December 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936, Liverpool, April-May 1936, and at Wakefield, 1936.
Sold in 1936 from 'Abstract & Concrete' exhibition.
Exhibited at Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, November - December 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition at Oxford, February-March 1936, Liverpool, April-May 1936, and at Wakefield, 1936.
Sold in 1936 from 'Abstract & Concrete' exhibition.
Painting, oil on canvas, 41 x 34 inches.
Illustrated in Axis No 5 Spring 1936.
Illustrated in 'Art Now' by Herbert Read, 1936 (illustration number 75).
Illustrated in Axis No 5 Spring 1936.
Illustrated in 'Art Now' by Herbert Read, 1936 (illustration number 75).
Painting 5/35
Painting on canvas, 30 x 27 inches.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Shown in Artists International Exhibition, November 1935.
Also shown at some time in 1930s by Picture Hire Ltd.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Shown in Artists International Exhibition, November 1935.
Also shown at some time in 1930s by Picture Hire Ltd.
Painting 6/35
Painting on canvas or canvas board, 9¾ x 7 inches.
Reproduced in pamphlet by S. John Woods for Everyman Theatre show.
Exhibited in charity show by Nicolete Gray at Chelsea, July 1935.
Exhibited by Picture Hire Ltd., August 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935. Reproduced in catalogue.
Sold in 1935 by from the 7 & 5 exhibition.
Reproduced in pamphlet by S. John Woods for Everyman Theatre show.
Exhibited in charity show by Nicolete Gray at Chelsea, July 1935.
Exhibited by Picture Hire Ltd., August 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935. Reproduced in catalogue.
Sold in 1935 by from the 7 & 5 exhibition.
Painting, 17¾ x 13½ inches.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Exhibited at Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, November - December 1935.
Reproduced in 'The Embroiderer' December 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition, Newcastle and Wakefield, 1936.
Auctioned by Bonhams, Knightsbridge for £16250 on 15th November 2011 alongside two 'lost' Arthur Jackson paintings from the 1930s. Cleaned, conserved and re-sold late 2011 or early 2012.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Exhibited at Everyman Theatre, Hampstead, November - December 1935.
Reproduced in 'The Embroiderer' December 1935.
Included in 'Abstract & Concrete' touring exhibition, Newcastle and Wakefield, 1936.
Auctioned by Bonhams, Knightsbridge for £16250 on 15th November 2011 alongside two 'lost' Arthur Jackson paintings from the 1930s. Cleaned, conserved and re-sold late 2011 or early 2012.
Painting 9/35
Painting, 15 x 10 inches.
Birmingham W & N's exhibition, February 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Reproduced in 'Axis' No 4, December 1935.
Exhibited at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, May-June 1936.
Birmingham W & N's exhibition, February 1935.
Included in 7 & 5 Society exhibition, Zwemmer Gallery, 26 Litchfield Street, London WC2, 2nd to 22nd October 1935.
Reproduced in 'Axis' No 4, December 1935.
Exhibited at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, May-June 1936.
Bought from Arthur Jackson in 1936 for £10. Shown alongside a work by Mondrian in this well-known Arthur Jackson photograph (1936) taken to promote abstract art.
Exhibited in Marlborough Gallery, London, 'Art in Britain 1930-1940 - Centred around Axis Circle Unit One', 1965 (Catalogue No 60).
1/36: 'Painting 1936' 'Abstract Composition'
Painting, 25 x 21 inches. Sold by Arthur Jackson to the artist Ashley Havinden in April 1936 for £15.
Exhibited in 'Modern Pictures for Modern Rooms' at Duncan Miller Ltd. arranged by S. John Woods, April 1936.
Reproduced in 'Circle', 1937, illustration No. 19.
Illustrated in Matthew Rowe, 'John Wells - The Fragile Cell', Tate Gallery Publishing, 1998.
Sold by Christie's, London, 22 October 1997, Post-War and Contemporary British Art (Lot 20) for £11,500.
Sold by Sotheby's, London, 'Modern and Post-War British Art, 13-14 November 2012 (Lot 140) for £67,250.
Exhibited in 'Modern Pictures for Modern Rooms' at Duncan Miller Ltd. arranged by S. John Woods, April 1936.
Reproduced in 'Circle', 1937, illustration No. 19.
Illustrated in Matthew Rowe, 'John Wells - The Fragile Cell', Tate Gallery Publishing, 1998.
Sold by Christie's, London, 22 October 1997, Post-War and Contemporary British Art (Lot 20) for £11,500.
Sold by Sotheby's, London, 'Modern and Post-War British Art, 13-14 November 2012 (Lot 140) for £67,250.
Scraperboard drawing.
Drawing 2/36
Drawing 3/36
Scraperboard drawing, approx 4 x 3 inches.
This is a pair to 4/36.
The design of 3/36 was repeated in blue and white paintings 5/36 (larger) and 1/37 (smaller).
Kettle's Yard exhibition 'Circle' 20 February to 28 March 1982, illustrated in catalogue (item 15).
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
This is a pair to 4/36.
The design of 3/36 was repeated in blue and white paintings 5/36 (larger) and 1/37 (smaller).
Kettle's Yard exhibition 'Circle' 20 February to 28 March 1982, illustrated in catalogue (item 15).
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
Drawing 4/36
Scraperboard drawing, approx 3½ x 2½ inches.
This is a pair to 3/36.
The design of 4/36 was repeated in blue and white paintings 6/36 (larger) and 2/37 (smaller).
Shown in Kettle's Yard exhibition 'Circle' 20 February to 28 March 1982.
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
This is a pair to 3/36.
The design of 4/36 was repeated in blue and white paintings 6/36 (larger) and 2/37 (smaller).
Shown in Kettle's Yard exhibition 'Circle' 20 February to 28 March 1982.
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
Arthur Jackson 5/36: 'Painting 1936 (Blue & White)'
Painted at Bankshead, Cumberland (the home of Winifred Nicholson).
A pair to 6/36.
Drawing 3/36 is the original design. Painting 1/37 is a smaller version.
Reproduced in 'Circle', 1937, illustration No. 20.
A pair to 6/36.
Drawing 3/36 is the original design. Painting 1/37 is a smaller version.
Reproduced in 'Circle', 1937, illustration No. 20.
Arthur Jackson 6/36: 'Painting 1937 (sic) (Blue & White)'
Painted at Bankshead, Cumberland (the home of Winifred Nicholson).
A pair to 5/36.
Drawing 4/36 is the original design. Painting 2/37 is a smaller version.
A pair to 5/36.
Drawing 4/36 is the original design. Painting 2/37 is a smaller version.
Drawing 7/36
Scraperboard drawing, approx 5 x 2 inches.
Given by Arthur Jackson in 1936 to his friend Kit Baily.
Given by Arthur Jackson in 1936 to his friend Kit Baily.
1/37: 'Painting 1937 (Blue & White)'
Oil on canvas board, approx 28 x 20 inches.
Retouched and reframed 1980.
3/36 is the original design. 5/36 is a larger version.
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
Retouched and reframed 1980.
3/36 is the original design. 5/36 is a larger version.
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
2/37: 'Painting 1937 (Blue & White)'
Oil on canvas board, approx 28 x 20 inches.
Retouched and reframed 1988 with one small alteration. Small alteration 1992.
Drawing 4/36 is the original design. 6/36 is a larger version.
Shown in Marlborough Gallery, London exhibition 'Art in Britain 1930-1940 - Centred around Axis Circle Unit One', 1965.
Shown in Kettle's Yard 'Circle' exhibition 1982 (illustrated as No. 16 in catalogue).
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
Sold by Christie's, London, 20th Century British Art sale, 16 November 2007 for £26,000 plus premium.
Retouched and reframed 1988 with one small alteration. Small alteration 1992.
Drawing 4/36 is the original design. 6/36 is a larger version.
Shown in Marlborough Gallery, London exhibition 'Art in Britain 1930-1940 - Centred around Axis Circle Unit One', 1965.
Shown in Kettle's Yard 'Circle' exhibition 1982 (illustrated as No. 16 in catalogue).
Owned by Arthur Jackson during his lifetime.
Sold by Christie's, London, 20th Century British Art sale, 16 November 2007 for £26,000 plus premium.
3/37: 'Painting 1937'
Oil and pencil on canvas board, approx 14 x 10 inches.
Owned by Arthur Jackson until 1965.
Shown in Marlborough Gallery, London exhibition 'Art in Britain 1930-1940 - Centred around Axis Circle Unit One', 1965 (Catalogue No. 65).
Bought by Tate Gallery in 1965 following Marlborough Gallery exhibition.
Special showings by Tate in August 1991 to mark Arthur Jackson Hepworth's 80th birthday, in August 2001 to mark his 90th birthday, and in February 2003 following his death.
Owned by Arthur Jackson until 1965.
Shown in Marlborough Gallery, London exhibition 'Art in Britain 1930-1940 - Centred around Axis Circle Unit One', 1965 (Catalogue No. 65).
Bought by Tate Gallery in 1965 following Marlborough Gallery exhibition.
Special showings by Tate in August 1991 to mark Arthur Jackson Hepworth's 80th birthday, in August 2001 to mark his 90th birthday, and in February 2003 following his death.
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R1/35: Painting from 1935 rediscovered in 2011
Oil painting on canvas laid to board
32.5 x 40.5cm
Indistinctly signed and dated '1935' on back
Very similar to painting 6/34.
One of the 'lost' pre-war paintings not in the catalogue of his paintings compiled by AJH in later life.
Whereabouts unknown until sold November 15th 2011 at Bonham's Knightsbridge for £15,000 along with painting 7/1935 and another 'lost' painting from 1937.
32.5 x 40.5cm
Indistinctly signed and dated '1935' on back
Very similar to painting 6/34.
One of the 'lost' pre-war paintings not in the catalogue of his paintings compiled by AJH in later life.
Whereabouts unknown until sold November 15th 2011 at Bonham's Knightsbridge for £15,000 along with painting 7/1935 and another 'lost' painting from 1937.
Oil painting on canvas laid to board
33 x 43cm (13 x 16 15/16in) unframed.
Signed and dated 'ARTHUR JACKSON/1937' on back.
One of the 'lost' pre-war paintings not included in the catalogue of his paintings compiled by AJH in later life.
Sold by Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 15 November 2011 for £11,875 along with painting 7/1935 and another 'lost' painting from 1935.
33 x 43cm (13 x 16 15/16in) unframed.
Signed and dated 'ARTHUR JACKSON/1937' on back.
One of the 'lost' pre-war paintings not included in the catalogue of his paintings compiled by AJH in later life.
Sold by Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 15 November 2011 for £11,875 along with painting 7/1935 and another 'lost' painting from 1935.
R1/37: Painting from 1937 rediscovered in 2011
