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Greenhouse Cyclamen and Tomatoes
Presented by Sir Geoffrey and the Hon. Lady Fry in memory of the artist 1943
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23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
23 October 2003 – 25 January 2004
2004-01-25
2003-10-23
Imperial War Museum (London, UK)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/
2003-10-23
Eric Ravilious: Imagined Realities
Loan-out
3 June 2004 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
3 June 2004 – 30 August 2004
2004-08-30
2004-06-03
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 March 2005 – 15 May 2005
2005-05-15
2005-03-15
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.manchestergalleries.org
2004-06-03
Art of the Garden
Exhibition
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
1 April 2015 – 31 August 2015
2015-08-31
2015-04-01
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2015-04-01
Eric Ravilious
Loan-out
26 May 2017 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
26 May 2017 – 17 September 2017
2017-09-17
2017-05-26
Towner (Eastbourne, UK)
http://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/
7 October 2017 – 7 January 2018
2018-01-07
2017-10-07
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
17 March 2018 – 9 June 2018
2018-06-09
2018-03-17
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
2017-05-26
Eric Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship, English Artist Designers 1922-42
Loan-out
19 November 2024 – 26 May 2025
2025-05-26
19 November 2024 – 26 May 2025
2025-05-26
2024-11-19
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2024-11-19
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
Loan-out
The Greenhouse: Cyclamen and Tomatoes
support: 470 × 597 mm
frame: 720 × 854 × 20 mm
Presented by Sir Geoffrey and the Hon. Lady Fry in memory of the artist 1943
<p><b>N05402</b> THE GREENHOUSE: CYCLAMEN AND TOMATOES 1935</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Eric Ravilious Firle 1935’ b.r.
<br/>Watercolour, 18 1/2×23 1/2 (47×59·5).
<br/>Presented in memory of the artist by Sir Geoffrey and the Hon. Lady Fry 1943.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Sir Geoffrey Fry from the artist through the Zwemmer Gallery February 1936.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
Zwemmer Gallery, February 1936 (5), as ‘Cyclamen and Tomatoes’; British Council, <i>Exhibition of Contemporary British Art</i>, Northern Capitals, March–May 1939 (201), as ‘Cyclamen and Tomatoes’; Eastbourne and Brighton, 1948 (36); Arts Council, 1948–9 (10).</p>
<p>According to information provided by John Nash (letter of 24 February 1959), this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> and another of a vine covered with grapes were painted in the nursery garden of an old man at Firle. At that time Ravilious and his wife were staying with Peggy Angus at The Furlongs, Beddingham, the next village under the Downs to Firle. In a letter (8 March 1959) Peggy Angus states: ‘We used to get fresh vegetables from the Market Garden at Firle. It was part of Firle Place, Lord Gage's country Seat and in the garden the first greengage was grown. At that time the garden was let to a Mr Humphrey’.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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agriculture, gardening & fishing architecture cyclamen door features greenhouse interiors objects plant pot plants and flowers tomato workspaces