24. Bill Hammond
Wishbone Ash, Cornwall Rd Cave 2
Oil on canvas in original artist selected gilt frame
110 x 85 cm
Signed, inscribed & dated 2011
est. $130,000 - 160,000
Fetched $125,000
Relative Size: Wishbone Ash, Cornwall Rd Cave 2
Relative size

Provenance:

Private Collection Wellington

Purchased from Peter McLeavey Gallery

Painted in Lyttleton in 2011, Wishbone Ash, Cornwall Rd Cave 2 depicts Hammond's interpretation of Canterbury after the earthquakes. Land has receded and a new day dawns full of optimism and promise of the new

Note the luminosity of the yellow-skirted birds with their elegant, graceful bodies Blowin' Free just like the Wishbone Ash classic itself. The joyful, powerful and exquisitely euphoric. Wishbone Ash, Cornwall Rd Cave 2 is strikingly presented in it's artist selected antique gilt frame

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