cat 14
John Wells 1907–2000 Painting 1960 oil on canvas 10 x 14 ins (25.5 x 35.5 cms) signed and dated 1960 verso inscribed trewarveneth street, newlyn, on stretcher provenance private collection 2002–2013 exhibited london, the waddington galleries, john wells, september 1960, cat no 14 (label verso)
During the highly productive period leading up to his first one-man show at Waddington Galleries in 1960, Wells adopted a more expressive and gestural approach to his work, significantly different from the earlier geometrically-based compositions.