cat no. 16
Harold Cohen
1928
Transit, 1963
Oil on canvas 68 x 80 ins (173 x 203 cms) Signed, inscribed and dated January ’63 verso Exhibited: Robert Fraser Gallery, London 1963 (label verso) Stadt. Kunst Galerie, Bochum, 1963 (label verso)
In the early 1960s Cohen embarked on a series of paintings, often on a monumental scale, exploring new forms of innovative organic abstraction. Other titles include Before the Event, 1963 (permanent collection Tate Gallery) and Aspect, 1964 (exhibited Whitechapel Art Gallery 1965).