Eliot Hodgkin (British, 1905-1987) Two Standing Pears signed and dated 'E.Hodgkin Sept 64' (upper left) oil on board 25.4 x 30.1 cm. (10 x 11 7/8 in.) Footnotes: Provenance With Leicester Galleries, London, February 1971, where purchased by Alice Binnie Charles de Salis, by whom bequeathed to the family of the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Eliot Hodgkin, Recent Paintings in Oil and Tempera, 21 November-17 December 1966, cat.no.36 London, Leicester Galleries, A New Year Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures by 19th and 20th Century Artists, 5 January-6 February 1971, cat.no.15 (as Two Pears) Please note this work was painted in Querceto, Italy and we are grateful to Mark Hodgkin for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. He is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any work by the artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please email britart@bonhams.com or write to Mark Hodgkin, c/o Bonhams, Modern British Art Department, 101 New Bond Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 1SR. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com