Ivon Hitchens (British, 1893-1979)


Quiet Walk, November signed 'Hitchens' (lower right); further signed, inscribed and dated 'Quiet Walk/November/1957/by IVON HITCHENS./Greenleaves.Lavington Common/Petworth/Sussex.' (on a label attached to the stretcher)oil on canvas52 x 117.8 cm. (20 1/2 x 46 3/8 in.)
|ProvenanceWith Leicester Galleries, London, 1958, where acquired bySir Allen LaneHis sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1998, lot 65, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition, January 1958, cat.no.101London, Tate Gallery, Ivon Hitchens: A Retrospective Exhibition, 11 July-18th August 1963, cat.no.95; this exhibition travelled to Bradford, Bradford City Art Gallery, 31 August-22 September, Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, 28 September-20 October