Anthony Hill British, 1930-2020
Relief Construction, 1956
perspex, aluminium, laminated plastic (formica and cobex)
61 x 61 cm
The notebook Anthony Hill, Recent Constructions (Collection A, 1954–1962) indicates that four interpretations of this theme have existed, of which this is identified as ‘B: mounted on black cobex, exh. Recent Constructions ICA, coll. Adrian Hill'. Presumably the work was given to Hill's father Adrian, and reverted to Hill on his father's death.
Variant C was mounted on white formica, and variant D, a version of C dated 1960, was exhibited in ‘Constructivism', Paris, 1962. [AHN Anthony Hill, Recent Constructions (Collection A, 1954–1962)]
The notebook Anthony Hill, Recent Constructions (Collection A, 1954–1962) indicates that four interpretations of this theme have existed, of which this is identified as ‘B: mounted on black cobex, exh. Recent Constructions ICA, coll. Adrian Hill'. Presumably the work was given to Hill's father Adrian, and reverted to Hill on his father's death.
Variant C was mounted on white formica, and variant D, a version of C dated 1960, was exhibited in ‘Constructivism', Paris, 1962. [AHN Anthony Hill, Recent Constructions (Collection A, 1954–1962)]
Exhibitions
Anthony Hill: 5 Decades
18 May – 8 July 2023
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
Illustrated pp. 36, 37
Recent Constructions
12 February – 8 March 1958, Anthony Hill
ICA, London, UK
Literature
Constructions (Constructivism), artist’s book, c. 1970s–80s, p. 14. A montage of photographs of works, clippings and photocopies including the portraits of Hill by Snowdon and Bob Collins. The white square in the work’s centre is cut out from its black supporting plane.
Anthony Hill, Recent Constructions (Collection A, 1954–1962), artist’s book,
c. 1962, pp. 16–17.