Burning at the Stake

Artist Sir Robin Philipson (Broughton-in-Furness, England, 1916 - 1992)

Datec.1963

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsEach Part: 76 x 76cm
Frame Size: 85.6 x 243.8cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1963 with income from the Macdonald Bequest.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002410

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Abstract

About MePhilipson first tried the format of the triptych when painting three watercolours. He commented:
"It was not planned in advance. I had been working on these three watercolours in sequence for the first time. One day, when I had them laid side by side on the floor to study them, I realised that they were in a fact a single statement in three parts."
He continued to work on the theme of triptychs of burnings, in both watercolour and, as here, in oils.

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Philipson's first triptych was three watercolours: "when I laid them side by side on the floor […] I realised that they were in fact a single statement in three parts"