Blue Beach

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An abstract painting of a blue beach, with a royal blue upper region, the paint having been thickly applied with a palette knife. Rectangular forms emerge in the lower section of the painting, under this blue wash, in various shades of blue as well as in white and red. Surrounding this coloured tapestry of forms is a light blue wash of colour.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Blue Beach

Date

1957–1965

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 108 x W 138.5 cm

Accession number

1965.260

Acquisition method

gift from the Leonard Cohen Fund, 1965

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : br : artist's name : Peter Oliver

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Manchester Art Gallery

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