Gallery exhibition
Leon Kossoff
Recent Works 1999 - 2010
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Second floor showroom
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Second floor showroom
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Second floor showroom
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Second floor showroom
Installation photography, Leon Kossoff
Second floor showroom
Cherry Tree, and Young Girl, 2007 - 2008 / 
oil on board / 
50 1/4 x 48 1/4 in. (127.5 x 122.5 cm)
Cherry Tree, Early January, 2004 / 
      oil on board / 
      56 1/8 x 48 1/4 in. (142.5 x 122.5 cm)
Head of Fidelma II, 2010 / 
      oil on board / 
      24 9/16 x 19 5/16 in. (62.5 x 49 cm)
Christchurch Spitalfields, 1999 / 
      oil on board / 
      84 x 80 in. (213 x 203 cm) / 
      Private collection
Head of John I, 2005 / 
      oil on board / 
      30 3/8 x 21 7/16 in. (77.3 x 54.4 cm) / 
      Private collection
Head of Peggy II, 2004 / 
      oil on board / 
      24 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (62.1 x 42 cm)
Head of Peggy III, 2004 - 2005 / 
      oil on board / 
      21 1/4	x 17 5/16 in. (54 x 44 cm) / 
      Private collection
Peggy and John, 2006 / 
      oil on board / 
      56 x 51 in. (142.5 x 129.5 cm)
Head of John II, 2007 / 
      oil on board / 
      29 1/8 x 21 5/16 in. (74 x 54.1 cm)
Head of Peggy IV, 2006 / 
      oil on board / 
      24 15/16 x 19 3/16 in. (63.4 x 48.7 cm) / 
      Private collection
Head of Fidelma I, 2009 / 
      oil on board / 
      22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (57.1 x 47 cm)
Cherry Tree, with Diesel, 2004 - 2005 / 
      oil on board / 
      36 1/4 x 44 1/2 in. (92 x 113 cm) / 
      Private collection
Cherry Tree, and Tube Train, 2007 - 2008  / 
      oil on board  / 
      48 x 50 in. (122 x 127 cm) / 
      Private collection
Cherry Tree, Winter, 2006 - 2007 / 
      oil on board / 
      36 x 42 in. (91.5 x 107 cm)
Cherry Tree, Spring, 2003 / 
      oil on board / 
      48 x 55 7/8 in. (122 x 142 cm) / 
      Private collection
Christchurch, Spitalfields, 1999 - 2001 / 
      oil on board / 
      56 3/8 x 51 1/8 in. (143 x 130 cm)
Cherry Tree, with House, 2007 - 2008 / 
oil on board / 
34 1/4 x 42 1/8 in  (87 x 107 cm) / 
Private collection
Cherry Tree, Autumn, 2002  / 
      oil on board  / 
      46 x 58 in. (117 x 147.5 cm) / 
      Private collection
Christchurch, 2000 / 
      oil on board / 
      64 x 48 in. (162.5 x 122 cm) / 
Private collection
Head of Peggy V, 2010 / 
      oil on board / 
      23 1/4 x 19 5/16 in. (59 x 49 cm) / 
Private collection
Head of Peggy I, 2003 / 
      oil on board / 
      21.65 x 17.72 in. (55 x 45 cm) / 
Private collection
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ No 2, 1999 / 
drypoint  / 
27 1/2 x 23 1/4 in (70 x 58.5 cm)
From Rembrandt: Ecce Homo / 
      drypoint & aquatint / 
26 1/2 x 22 1/2 in (67.5 x 57 cm)
From Veronese: The Adoration of the Kings / 
      black chalk on paper  / 
      26 1/ x 23 in (68.6 x 58.4 cm)
From Veronese: The Adoration of the Kings, 1990s  / 
      drypoint  / 
      29 3/4 x 22 1/4 in (76 x 57 cm)
From Rembrandt: The Blinding of Samson  / 
      chalk and ink on paper  / 
      22 x 27 in (55.9 x 68.6 cm)
The Testament of Eudamidas, 1997 / 
compressed charcoal on paper  / 
Paper: 17 5/8 x 23 5/16 in (44.8 x 59.2 cm) / 
Framed: 25 1/2 x 33 in. (64.8 x 83.8 cm)
The Lamentation on the Dead Christ #1, 1995  / 
        compressed charcoal on paper  / 
        22 1/16 x 29 7/8 in (56 x 75.9 cm)(paper) 29 x 37 in. (73.7 x 94 cm) (fr)
From Early Cezanne, c. 1988 / 
charcoal on paper  / 
16 x 20 in (40.5 x 51 cm)
From Veronese: The Consecration of Saint Nicholas  / 
        chalks on paper  / 
        21 3/4 x 30 in (55.2 x 76.2 cm)
From Veronese: The Consecration of Saint Nicholas - No 2, 1990  / 
        etching  / 
        29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in (75.5 x 57 cm)
Landscape with Calm No. 1, 1999 / 
compressed charcoal & pastel on paper  / 
Cropped: 22 3/16 x 26 9/16 in (56.4 x 67.5 cm) / Paper: 22 3/16 x 30 1/16 in (56.4 x 76.4 cm)
Bacchanal before a Herm #3, 1997 / 
compressed charcoal, felt pen & watercolor on paper  / 
Paper: 19 7/8 x 29 1/6 in (50.5 x 74.1 cm) Framed: 29 x 37 in (73.7 x 94 cm)
From Poussin: The Triumph of Pan, 1990 / 
        coloured chalks on paper  / 
        20 1/4 x 23 1/3 in (51.2 x 59.4 cm) framed 31 x 33 1/2 in (78.7 x 85.1 cm)
Cephalus and Aurora, 1985 / 
hand colored etching & aquatint  / 
Image: 18 x 21 7/8 in (45.7 x 55.6 cm) / Paper: 22 1/8 x 30 in (56.2 x 76.2 cm) /  Framed: 27 x 32 in (68.6 x 81.3 cm)
Cephalus and Aurora after Poussin, 1985 / 
compressed charcoal, pastel & ink on paper  / 
Paper: 22 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (57.8 x 74.9 cm) / Framed: 27 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. (69.9 x 84.5 cm)
From Veronese: Allegory of Love IV / 
chalks on paper  / 
Paper: 23 x 22 in (58.4 x 55.9 cm)  / Framed: 32 x 30 3/4 in (81.3 x 78.1 cm)
Cherry Tree, Spring, 2003 / 
      charcoal on paper / 
      21.69 x 26.81 in. (55.1 x 68.1 cm) / 
      Private collection
Cherry Tree, Autumn, 2002 / 
      charcoal on paper / 
      22.13 x 29.92 in. (56.2 x 76 cm)
Cherry Tree with Diesel, 2003 / 
      charcoal on paper / 
      22.05 x 29.76 in. (56 x 75.6 cm) / 
      Private collection
Cherry Tree with House, 2007 / 
      charcoal on paper / 
      19.76 x 25.94 in. (50.2 x 65.9 cm)
Cherry Tree, Winter, 2008 / 
      charcoal on paper  / 
      29.72 x 22.05 in. (75.5 x 56 cm)  / 
      framed: 33.19 x 25.51 in. (84.3 x 64.8 cm) / 
      Private collection
Cherry Tree with Tube Train / 
      charcoal on paper  / 
      20.59 x 22.01 in. (52.3 x 55.9 cm) / 
      Private collection
8 Sep - 8 Oct 2011

artist profile

press release

The exhibition was in collaboration with, and was shown at:
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
5 May - 18 June 2011

Annely Juda Fine Art, London
29 October - 17 December 2010

Catalogue

Leon Kossoff catalog This exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, published on the occasion of the exhibition with text by Lawrence Gowing

72 pages, 27 color illustrations
Hardback, $40


Selected articles

Ollman, Leah. "Art review: Leon Kossoff at L.A. Louver."
Los Angeles Times. 15 September 2011.
latimes.com | full article, PDF

Coomer, Martin. "Leon Kossoff."
Time Out London. 11 - 17 November 2010.
timeout.com/london | full article, PDF

Wullschlager, Jackie. "Leon Kossoff."
Financial Times. 5 November 2010.
ft.com | full article, PDF

Hernandez, Joanna. "Private View: Lion in Autumn."
Modern Painters. 29 October 2010.
www.artinfo.com

Luke, Ben. "Abstract eye on life in suburbia from Leon Kossoff."
The Evening Standard. 29 October 2010.
thisislondon.co.uk

Lambirth, Andrew. "Silent witness."
The Spectator. October 2010.
spectator.co.uk | full article, PDF

"Out on a limb. An octogenarian London painter who has never changed his style." The Economist. 28 October 2010.
www.economist.com | full article, PDF
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