Penzance Harbour
Bryan Pearce
- Art Funded
- 2008
- Dimensions
- 52 x 154 cm
- Vendor
- David Lay, The Penzance Auction House
He is particularly well known for portraying the local St Ives landscape and still-life compositions. This painting is Pearce’s largest ever work and was exhibited extensively as a key work. One of the special qualities of Pearce’s work is his almost obsessive recording of what he had seen, and this work is no exception: although he simplified views and left out facets of the actual scene, each detail recorded is exactly as seen – he never invented any part of his works – and thus this work provides a fascinating snapshot of the harbour, dockside activities and boats in Penzance as they were in 1963.
Provenance
Private collection.