Ruth Vance
Red Room, 1966–67
Oil and pastel on canvas
198 × 147.5 cm (78 × 58.1 in)
CR 67-14
The largest of the 1967 rooms and the only one on which Vance recorded working across two years. The oxblood ground was laid in one session; the figure was reworked at least four times, and the pastel that survives at the shoulder is from the last of them. Exhibited at the Whitechapel the year before it was finished — she borrowed it back.
Available
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Detail
Detail: pastel worked into wet oil at the figure's shoulder.
Provenance
- The artist;
- Marlborough Fine Art, London, acquired directly from the artist, 1967;
- Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1971;
- Whereabouts unknown, 1979–1988;
- Private collection, Zurich, auction, 1988;
- The Estate of Ruth Vance, purchase, 2011.
Exhibited
- London, Whitechapel Gallery, Six Painters, 1966, cat. no. 24, illustrated p. 41.
- London, Serpentine Gallery, Ruth Vance: A Retrospective, 1994–1995, cat. no. 31, illustrated p. 88.
Literature
- M. Hollis, Ruth Vance: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2014, no. 67-14, illustrated pl. 61.
- J. Aubrey, The Drawn Room: Vance and the Armature, New Haven, 2003, p. 112–19.
Condition
Excellent. Unlined, unvarnished, on the original stretcher. No restoration. UV examination reveals no retouching.
Report by Hallam Conservation, London, 2024-02-02. The full report is provided on enquiry.
The object
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse.
Artist's gilt frame, heavy section, original to the work. Non-reflective glass.
Authenticity
Certificate of authenticity issued by The Estate of Ruth Vance, no. EV/2011/0044. Estate stamped on the reverse.
