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Frank Auerbach in his studio with Kossoff's Prodigal Son on the wall behind him.
Frank Auerbach in his studio with Kossoff's Prodigal Son on the wall behind him.
Leon Kossoff 1926-2019
The Coat of Many Colours, 1953
Etching on paper
29 x 23 cms
11 3/8 x 9 1/8 ins
11 3/8 x 9 1/8 ins
Signed Kossoff in the lower right margin and dated 53.
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One of Kossoff's earliest and rarest prints. In 1957 Kossoff had his first one-person show, which took place at Helen Lessore's celebrated Beaux Arts Gallery in Mayfair. The exhibition included...
One of Kossoff's earliest and rarest prints.
In 1957 Kossoff had his first one-person show, which took place at Helen Lessore's celebrated Beaux Arts Gallery in Mayfair. The exhibition included a small group of etchings on Biblical themes, which included an impression of the present work. Kossoff later recalled that these etchings were the result of his study with the esteemed print-maker Andrew Freeth at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1952. (Leon Kossoff, interview with James Hyman, 1992).
At the present time, just two impressions of this work are known. The present example and one that belongs to Frank Auerbach. The latter print has hung on Auerbach's studio wall for decades and can be seen in the background of many studio photographs of the artist.
The present work comes from the collection of Abraham Kanareck, who was a supplier of flour to the celebrated East End bakery of Kossoff's father. Kanareck died in 1959 after which the work was inherited by his family.
In 1957 Kossoff had his first one-person show, which took place at Helen Lessore's celebrated Beaux Arts Gallery in Mayfair. The exhibition included a small group of etchings on Biblical themes, which included an impression of the present work. Kossoff later recalled that these etchings were the result of his study with the esteemed print-maker Andrew Freeth at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1952. (Leon Kossoff, interview with James Hyman, 1992).
At the present time, just two impressions of this work are known. The present example and one that belongs to Frank Auerbach. The latter print has hung on Auerbach's studio wall for decades and can be seen in the background of many studio photographs of the artist.
The present work comes from the collection of Abraham Kanareck, who was a supplier of flour to the celebrated East End bakery of Kossoff's father. Kanareck died in 1959 after which the work was inherited by his family.
Provenance
Abraham Kanareck, gift of the artist before 1959, thence by descent.Exhibitions
Leon Kossoff, Beaux Arts Gallery, 1957. (This print or another impression)Literature
James Hyman, "The Prints of Leon Kossoff", Print Quarterly, X, 1993, 3, pp.247-269 (discussed p.251)Join our mailing list
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