Peter Brook
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SOLDPeter Brook (1927-2009):
Old buildings, Brighouse, circa 1970
Framed (ref: 30)
Signed and titled
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
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Provenance: from the artist's own collection
This shows Briggate Street in the late 1960s (now largely altered). Brook changed the name over the shop in homage to William Saroyan (1908-1981), the American author whose stories celebrated optimism in the middle of the trials and difficulties of the Depression era. The figure outside the shop is a portrait of Saroyan. Observing the television aerials, Brook recalls that the late 60s was a period when everyone was tuning into the BBC - in 1965 Brook himself acquired his first television, in exchange for one his paintings.
This shows Briggate Street in the late 1960s (now largely altered). Brook changed the name over the shop in homage to William Saroyan (1908-1981), the American author whose stories celebrated optimism in the middle of the trials and difficulties of the Depression era. The figure outside the shop is a portrait of Saroyan. Observing the television aerials, Brook recalls that the late 60s was a period when everyone was tuning into the BBC - in 1965 Brook himself acquired his first television, in exchange for one his paintings.
