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§ John Minton (British, 1917-1957) The Portuguese Town, Mazagan signed and dated 'John Minton 1953' (upper right) pen and ink with coloured crayon and wash 27 x 37cm (11 x 14in)
Provenance: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 'Pictures For Schools', 1957 Exhibited: London, The Lefevre Gallery, 'New Paintings By John Minton', December 1953, cat.no.17 Other Notes: John Minton visited Morocco in 1952 with Norman Bowler, and the following year, Minton exhibited a group of watercolours of Moroccan subjects at the Lefevre Gallery. Another painting executed on this trip, 'Portuguese Cannon, Mazagan, Morocco' (1953), was presented to the Tate in 1957. A pen and pencil drawing of the same subject which was also exhibited at the Lefevre Gallery in 1953 (cat.no.12), was sold at Christie's, London, 28 November 2000, lot 97 for £3,055 (including BP). We are grateful to Frances Spalding for her kind assistance with this catalogue entry.

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