Lot 154: JOHN CECIL STEPHENSON (1889-1965) - Abstraction

JOHN CECIL STEPHENSON (1889-1965)
Abstraction
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'ABSTRACTION/CECIL STEPHENSON
1933/CECIL STEPHENSON/6 MALL STUDIOS/NW3' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas stretched over panel
7 7/8 x 11 in. (20 x 28 cm.)
Painted in 1933.


PROVENANCE:
The artist, and by descent.
Their sale; Phillips, London, 17 July 2001, lot 79.
Andrew McIntosh Patrick.
Purchased by the present owner at the 2007 exhibition.
EXHIBITED:
London, Fine Art Society, John Cecil Stephenson 1889-1965, October -
November 2007, ex cat.
LITERATURE:
S. Guthrie, The Life and Art of John Cecil Stephenson, Grange-over-Sands,
1997, p. 133, no. 4, illustrated.