“The charming "Suburbs Outside Paris" like most of the artist's work, is small in scale. It displays her characteristically broad, yet delicate handling of paint, her distinctive colouring and her interest in synthesising the various spatial depths of field so that the image works coherently on the picture plane.”
BC076
Suburb Outside Paris
Landscape. Group of vertical pink brush marks at lower left. Pale block-shaped element above pink marks, sinuous dark area at left. Tree trunk with foliage at the top leans to left hand margin.
Date
1969
Object type
painting
Medium and materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
266x341mm
Place Made
Bry-sur-Marne, France
Inscriptions
LL medium brown brush point F Scales
LL dark brown brush point 1969
Verso (not in artist’s hand) Suburb outside Paris, Flora Scales 1969
Details
Current Collection
Private Collection
Current Location
Auckland, New Zealand
General notes
Purchased by original owner from the artist, 1976. Title and date supplied by artist at time of purchase. Signed at time of purchase.
Used as illustration
Eastmond, Elizabeth and Merimeri Penfold, Women and the Arts in New Zealand Forty Works: 1936 – 1986, Penguin Books, Auckland, New Zealand, 1986, plate 31 (colour)
Drummond, Prudence April, An Annotated Bibliograpy of Seven New Zealand Artists who worked towards abstract painting and abstract expressionism during the 20th century, Research paper (MLIS), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2003, pg 48, plate 31 (colour)
References
Eastmond, Elizabeth and Merimeri Penfold, Women and the Arts in New Zealand Forty Works: 1936 – 1986, Penguin Books, Auckland, New Zealand, 1986
Drummond, Prudence April, An Annotated Bibliograpy of Seven New Zealand Artists who worked towards abstract painting and abstract expressionism during the 20th century, Research paper (MLIS), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2003, pg 48
“... a small fresh and delightful example of abstract expressionism and softly vivid colour. It has no details or perspective.”
Acknowledgments
Photos by Sam Hartnett