Jun 04, 2009 - Sale 2182

Sale 2182 - Lot 280

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
MALCOLM MORLEY
Abstract Composition.

Watercolor, collage and gouache on heavy wove paper, circa 1975. 490x700 mm; 19 1/4x27 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto. Ex-collection private collection, Florida, acquired directly from the artist. In a gilt and painted wood frame designed by the artist, according to the current owner.

Born in London in 1931, Morley moved to New York in 1958. He became the current owner's neighbor on Longview Terrace, Yonkers, soon thereafter. In the early 1970s, when Morley was doing illustration work, for Reader's Digest among other magazines, he used the current owner's children as models.