Property from a Private Collection

JEAN-CLAUDE FORQUIN (FRENCH 1936-1963)
Le jardin du curé d'elché
signed and dated forquin 58 (lower right); signed, titled and dated LE JARDIN DU CURE D'ELCHE NO 1/ Forquin 1958 ALICANTE (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
94 x 75 cm (37 x 29 1/2 in)

PROVENANCE:
The Redfern Gallery, London
Purchased from the above by Eardley Knollys in June 1959; thence by descent to the present owner

Eardley Knollys was a leading member of the Bloomsbury Group. He was an art critic, dealer and collector and in 1949 he began to paint himself, with his first solo exhibition in 1960.