Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964) Untitled Red Figure Study 58.6 x 47 cm. (23 x 18 1/2 in.) (Executed circa 1950)Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964)Untitled Red Figure Study bears two studio stamps (verso and on the backboard)gouache58.6 x 47 cm. (23 x 18 1/2 in.)Executed circa 1950ProvenanceThe Artist, thence by descent toPrivate Collection, U.K.Their sale; Bonhams, London, 9 March 2011, lot 68, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.The present work is inscribed 'Red Nude' (verso) and 'Red Figure Study' on the backboard in the hand of Sheila Lanyon, and is recorded in the Peter Lanyon Archive as Untitled Red Figure Study. The work shares its palette and figurative nature with three "Redbody Country" gouaches all executed circa 1952 (examples of which are in the collections of the British Museum and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art).We are grateful to the Artist's Estate and Toby Treves for their assistance in cataloguing this work.