signed and dated ‘1946’; titled and inscribed ‘No.8’ on the reverse
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The Pianist, 1946
Provenance:
with The Piccadilly Gallery, London;
Private Collection, February 1968
Exhibition History:
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, Drawing On, 21 March – 7 June 2015;
Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, The Human Face, 27 January – 12 March 2016;
London, The Sammy Ofer Centre, London Business School, London|Forward Facing, 26 September 2017 – 18 July 2018
This painting complements Girl at the Piano, 1960, also in the collection. In this painting, made fourteen years earlier, Richards has used a lighter palette. The work also shows more directly the influence of Picasso, especially in the treatment of the pianist’s face.
