036
b. England, 1923 - d. 2009
Peter Harris
Nude Study
undated
signed ‘PH’ (bottom right)
acrylic on paper
37 x 57cm
Provenance
Collection of The Art Gallery, Penang; acquired directly from artist.
Estimate
RM 5,000 – 8,000
Price Realised
RM 4,730
EXHIBITED
Penang, The Art Gallery, Peter Harris - Founder of the Wednesday Art Group, 2001.
Here, Harris takes the viewpoint at the back of a life drawing class, with the nude model lying on her side facing the viewer. In the foreground are Harris’s classmates with their backs turned to the viewer, observing the model’s anatomy while sketching away. This work - using a monochrome approach with simplified yet detailed composition - is unusually ‘contemporary’ for Harris.
