Chris Beetles Gallery

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Menton

Peter Coker (1926-2004)

Price

£14,500

Signed

Signed

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

48 x 48 inches

Provenance

The Estate of Peter Coker

Literature

Peter Coker RA, London: Chris Beetles Ltd, 2002, pages 112, 143 and 144 (detail), Catalogue Raisonné no 590

Exhibited

Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1999, no 329;
'Peter Coker RA', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October 2002, no 153;
'Peter Coker RA: The Studio Sale', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October 2017, no 153;
'Home and Abroad: The Landscapes of Peter Coker RA and Keith Grant', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April-May 2024

The painting depicts the view from Peter and Vera Coker's room in the Hôtel Pin Doré, Menton which they visited in 1992. Portraying the view across the road to the promenade and sea beyond, the painting depicts, '... palm trees and street furniture laid out along the strong yet gentle diagonal of the road... In the painting these overlap each other, a plethora of verticals uniting the picture space from high horizon to low diagonal. Interlinked with these is the long reflection of the setting sun. Beneath this busy surface lies an equally unifying structure, a series of radiating lines, starting with the horizon, and ending with the window sill'. Peter Coker RA, 2002, page 112-23)

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