Lot 45: John Holmwood (1910-1987)

John Holmwood (1910-1987)
Sands of Time
numbered '20A' on the canvas overlap
oil on canvas
27 x 40in. (68.6 x 101.7cm.)

The artist's widow, Noelinne Holmwood, Bristol.

There is a photograph of an oil by Holmwood of this subject titled Sands of Time (26¼ x 40¼in.) in the E.H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery. The label on the reverse of the photograph records that it is signed 'John Holmwood', and dated 1976 on the reverse. The signature and date were supposedly on the original backing board (rather than on the reverse), no longer with the picture. It also records there is a preliminary pencil drawing done for the painting in 1975.