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John Tunnard

Whole Holiday
Oil on gesso-prepared board
10 x 8 ins (25.4 x 20.3 cms)

incised with signature, dated '40 & reference 035

also signed, dated and inscribed label verso

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Alan Peat and Brian Whitton, John Tunnard His Life and Works, page 154

cat no 200

John Tunnard record O 35

Whole Holiday pre-dates two important works by Tunnard from 1942. Man, Woman and Flag and Man, Woman and Iron both utilise the same delicate human shapes, incised into gesso-prepared board, over solid sculptural forms.

Exhibited:

London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, London Group, 24 October 1940,

London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1940, cat no 94

London, Royal Academy, 1941

London, Zwemmer Gallery, September 1945, cat no 229

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