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IVOR WEISS (1919 -1986) PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST 5 - 20 October 2017
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IVOR WEISS (1919 - 1986) FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................ 3 EXHIBITION HISTORY ..............................................................................................................................4 The Four Horsemen .................................................................................................................................6 Scenic Railway ...........................................................................................................................................7 Breakwater in the Mud, 2 ...................................................................................................................... 8 The Gravel Pit............................................................................................................................................. 9 Approaching Storm ................................................................................................................................ 10 The Park Bench ......................................................................................................................................11 Mersea Creek ..........................................................................................................................................12 The Discussion........................................................................................................................................ 13 The Onlooker ...........................................................................................................................................14 The Last Supper, 1 ................................................................................................................................ 15 The Birth ....................................................................................................................................................16 Two Men at Prayer, 1 ........................................................................................................................... 17 Tefilin ...........................................................................................................................................................18 The Last Supper, 2 ................................................................................................................................ 19 Carrying the Torah .................................................................................................................................20 Three Men at Prayer .............................................................................................................................21 Rabbi with Prayer Shawl ......................................................................................................................22 Seated Rabbi ...........................................................................................................................................23 Four Rabbis ..............................................................................................................................................24 View of Valdarno .................................................................................................................................... 25 Joan in Italy ..............................................................................................................................................26 Contadina with Chickens .....................................................................................................................27 Woman by Steps, Scanno................................................................................................................... 28 Figline Valdarno: Outdoor Bar Scene ..............................................................................................29 Figline Market Day .................................................................................................................................30 Moonlit Lake, Alabama .........................................................................................................................31 Woman of Lucania .................................................................................................................................32 Four Rabbis ..............................................................................................................................................33 Rabbi .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 The Three Graces ..................................................................................................................................35 The Domino Players ..............................................................................................................................36 2
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FOREWORD The passing earlier this year of our mother Joan, aged 92, and the sale of the home that she had lived in alone for some thirty years following Ivor’s death, aged only 67, in 1986 has been the catalyst for putting on this exhibition. It has provided an appropriate opportunity for myself and my siblings, Julian and Debra, to commemorate both their lives with an exhibition of some of our father’s finest paintings that hitherto have been stored unseen since our last exhibition in 2005. As a family we have all grown up surrounded by Ivor’s art, and our homes are predominantly decorated with his works. All the paintings on display are for sale, in the hope that we can now disseminate more widely his art, and find new homes for some of these remarkably powerful works. We will also be offering and donating paintings to museums and institutions that might wish to have examples of his work. I therefore hope that you will enjoy looking through this digital catalogue and that you will take the opportunity to come and see the exhibition. You will receive a warm welcome. - Mark Weiss, September 2017
Mark, Joan and Ivor Weiss on their stand during an art fair at the NEC, Birmingham, in 1983.
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EXHIBITION HISTORY Solo: Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Alabama, USA (1952, 1962, 1963) King Street Gallery, Cambridge, (1961) O’Hana Gallery, London (1963, 1965, 1968) Quinlan Art Gallery, Atlanta, USA (1966) Southwest Georgia Art Association, USA (1967) Rabbi and Ritual, The Minories, Colchester (1971) British Arts Council Exhibition at Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (1972) Playhouse Gallery, Harlow (1975) Digby Gallery, Colchester (1978) Retrospective Exhibition at the Ben Uri Gallery, London (1980) Retrospective Exhibition at The Albemarle Gallery, London (2005) Mixed: The Ben Uri Gallery, London Birmingham Museum, Alabama, USA Colchester Art Society at the Minories, Colchester The Contemporary Portrait Society, London Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA), USA High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA King Street Gallery, London O’Hana Gallery, London Painters in East Anglia, London The Royal Academy, Summer Exhibitions, London The Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London Vonda Gallery, London Ivor and Joan Weiss Gallery, Colchester The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Works in public collections: University of Cambridge, UK & Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Alabama, USA Private collections: England, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand and USA.
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The Four Horsemen 1953 Oil on canvas: 40 x 50 1/2 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss / 53’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 2.
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Scenic Railway 1960 Oil on canvas: 38 x 38 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 60’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 7.
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Breakwater in the Mud, 2 1963 Oil on artist’s board: 42 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss 63’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 18.
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The Gravel Pit 1964 Oil on canvas: 36 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 64’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 22.
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Approaching Storm 1966 Oil on canvas: 36 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss 66’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 33.
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The Park Bench 1967 Oil on canvas: 48 x 44 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 67’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 38.
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Mersea Creek 1968 Oil on canvas: 30 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss 68’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 42.
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The Discussion 1968 Oil on canvas: 40 x 50 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss 68’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 43.
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The Onlooker 1968 Oil on canvas: 36 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 68’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 45.
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The Last Supper, 1 1970 Oil on canvas: 48 x 50 in. Signed and dated lower centre-right: ‘Weiss 70.’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 55.
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The Birth 1971 Oil on canvas: 44 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss/71’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 56.
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Two Men at Prayer, 1 1971 Oil on canvas: 36 x 36 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/71.’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 58.
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Tefilin 1971 Oil on canvas: 60 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/71’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 60.
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The Last Supper, 2 1972 Oil on canvas: 60 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/72’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 62.
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Carrying the Torah 1972 Oil on canvas: 36 x 38 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/72.’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 64.
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Three Men at Prayer 1976 Oil on canvas: 50 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss/76’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 70.
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Rabbi with Prayer Shawl 1977 Oil on canvas: 30 x 25 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss.77’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 72.
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Seated Rabbi 1978 Oil on canvas: 30 x 24 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 78.’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 76.
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Four Rabbis 1979 Oil on canvas: 30 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss.79’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 77.
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View of Valdarno 1971 Oil on canvas: 40 x 50 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/71’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 86.
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Joan in Italy 1972 Oil on canvas: 44 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss/72.’ NOT FOR SALE
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Contadina with Chickens 1984 Oil on canvas: 60 x 40 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 84’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 92.
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Woman by Steps, Scanno 1980 Oil on canvas: 40 x 36 in. Signed and dated centre-right (on step): ‘Weiss 80’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 102.
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Figline Valdarno: Outdoor Bar Scene 1982 Oil on canvas: 32 x 46 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 82’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 108.
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Figline Market Day 1983 Oil on canvas: 44 x 48 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss 83’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. 109.
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Moonlit Lake, Alabama 1983 Oil on canvas: 52 1/2 x 41 in. Signed and dated lower left: ‘Weiss 83’ Provenance By descent within the family.
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Woman of Lucania 1981 Lino-cut: 20 x 15 in. Signed and dated in pencil within margin, lower left: ‘Women of Lucania 2/20’ and lower right: ‘IWeiss 81’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. V.
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Four Rabbis 1972 Lino-cut: 13 x 17 in. Signed and dated lower right: ‘Weiss.72’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. L2.
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Rabbi 1972 Lino-cut: 17 x 9 in. Signed and dated lower center: ‘Weiss.72’ Also inscribed in pencil within margin, lower left: ‘RABBI 14/25’ and lower right: ‘IWeiss’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. L4.
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The Three Graces 1970 Lino-cut: 19 x 19 in. Signed lower right: ‘Weiss.’ Also inscribed in pen within margin, lower left: ‘Three Graces IWeiss 1970’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. L6.
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The Domino Players 1970 Lino-cut: 19 x 25 in. Signed lower left and center: ‘Weiss.’ Also inscribed in pencil within margin, lower left: ‘The Domino Players. Weiss. 70’ Provenance By descent within the family. Literature The Albemarle Gallery, Ivor Weiss (1919 - 1986): Memories of a Jewish Artist, London 2005, CAT. L6.
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