JOHN ERNEST (1922 - 1994)

Relief Construction

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JOHN ERNEST (1922 - 1994)

Relief Construction

Perstop, stainless steel and birch ply

H  46.00cm (18.11 in)  |  W  92.00cm (36.22 in)

Origin United Kingdom, 1955 - 1964
Marks Signed, dated & inscribed with title verso
Condition Very good

Provenance
James Crabtree, Axiom Gallery

Exhibitions
ICA, John Ernest Constructions 1955-1964, 1964 cat. no .3
Towards a Rational Aesthetic, Constructive Art in Post-war Britain, Osborne Samuel, 2007, no. 11
Decade 56/66 Abstract & Constructed, JHW Fine Art & Tadema Gallery, 2005, illustrated
Constructed Abstract Art in England - A Neglected Avant-Garde, Alastair Grieve 2005 p.197

Literature
In 1964 the ICA exhibited 17 of his constructions and examples of his work are held by the Tate and Arts Council Collections.

Price Code

Ref No   147

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