Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964)

Oil, ceramic tile, glass, metal, wire, pine needles and wood
45 x 44.5 x 9 cm
Inscribed verso: an arrow pointing upwards so that the red glass points to two o'clock, in another hand; inscribed, underside of square base: TOP, a hand-drawn circle and an arrow pointing up, in another hand.

Provenance
Private Collection

Exhibited
Arts Council, 1968, touring exh., no. 66
Basil Jacobs Fine Art, 1971, no. 19
Gimpel Fils, 1975, no. 19
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1978, touring exh, no. 73
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1978, no.9
Tate St Ives, 2010-11

Literature
Causey 1971, p.38. pl.71
'Upfront', Observer Magazine, 29 January 1978, p.42
A. Lewis 1978A,p.4
A Lanyon 1990, p.208, reproduced p.208 (colour)
Stephens 2010, pp.72, 88, reproduced p88 (colour)