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Peonies
Purchased 1928
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Peonies
support: 762 × 635 mm
Purchased 1928
<p><b>N04410</b> PEONIES <i>c.</i> 1928</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 30×25 (76×63·5).
<br/>Purchased from Godfrey L. Phillips (Clarke Fund) 1928.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Either sold by Godfrey Phillips on behalf of the artist, or bought by him direct and resold.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Godfrey Phillips Gallery, June 1928 (no catalogue); Tate Gallery, September–October 1953 (39), and Arts Council tour, November 1953–February 1954 (24).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> John Rothenstein, <i>The Tate Gallery</i>, 1962, p.257.
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<br/><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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furnishings objects peony plants and flowers table vase vessels and containers