Oil paint on board
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Young Man Doing Up his Shoe
Purchased 1952
abstraction
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
bending forward
cubist space
dressing / undressing
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
formal qualities
from recognisable sources
leg / legs raised
man
people
painting oil paint board
Young Man Doing Up his Shoe
support: 1219 × 762 mm
Purchased 1952
<p><b>N06077</b> YOUNG MAN DOING UP HIS SHOE 1951–2
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Oil on hardboard, 48×30 (122×76).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1952.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Hanover Gallery, May 1952 (15).</p>
<p>Begun in May 1951 and finished in April 1952 (letter from the artist 14 July 1952).</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, I</p>
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2004-07-22T00:00:00
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abstraction actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults bending forward cubist space dressing / undressing emotions, concepts and ideas figure formal qualities from recognisable sources leg / legs raised man people