Panel I of III
Panel II of III
Panel III of III
Ruth Vance
Triptych, August 1974, 1974
Oil on canvas, in three parts
198 × 147.5 cm (78 × 58.1 in)
CR 74-01
The only triptych Vance completed. Three separate canvases in three separate frames, never intended to be hung as a continuous field — she specified a gap of no less than forty centimetres between them, and the estate has honoured it in every installation since. The centre panel is the one she reworked; the outer two were painted in a single week in August 1974 and left.
Available
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Detail
Detail of the centre panel: layered reworking at the figure's core.
Provenance
- The artist;
- The Estate of Ruth Vance, by descent, 2009.
Exhibited
- Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Ruth Vance: Figures in Rooms, 1978, cat. no. 1, illustrated p. 12.
- London, Serpentine Gallery, Ruth Vance: A Retrospective, 1994–1995, cat. no. 40, illustrated p. 104.
Literature
- M. Hollis, Ruth Vance: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2014, no. 74-01, illustrated pl. 88.
Condition
Excellent. All three panels unlined and unvarnished, on original stretchers. No restoration to any panel.
Report by Hallam Conservation, London, 2024-06-18. The full report is provided on enquiry.
The object
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse of the centre panel.
Three artist's gilt frames, heavy section, original to the work. Non-reflective glass.
Authenticity
Certificate of authenticity issued by The Estate of Ruth Vance, no. EV/2009/0002. Estate stamped on the reverse.
