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Lot description
Derek Jarman, British 1942-1994 - The Pleasure of Ruins, 1972; watercolour and pencil on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Derek Jarman 72' and titled lower left 'the pleasure of ruins', 14.1 x 20.4 cm (ARR) Provenance: Michael Fish (1940-2016); Roseberys, London, 15th March 2011, lot 937; Abbott and Holder, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); Private Collection Exhibited: Barbican, London, 'Derek Jarman: A Portrait', 9th May-18th August 1996, no.79 (according to the previous cataloguing of the work) Note: Jarman had grown up in Dorset and was influenced by the Wessex landscape and in particular by the ancient standing stones of Stonehenge and Avebury in nearby Wiltshire, as seen in the ruins of this early work. Major works from the related 'Averbury Series' are now in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery and the collection of West Northamptonshire Council. The original owner of the work, Michael Fish, was a noted fashion designer of 'Swinging London' with his boutique 'Mr. Fish'.