Description

Signed, dated and titled verso by the artist.

Illustrated in James Hyman s Derrick Greaves From Kitchen-Sink to Shangri-La page 137.

Greaves created this painting from an original drawing he made in 1954. In contrast to the fleshy heat of the 70 s and 80 s erotic subjects Demanding and Reluctant Love, is relatively restrained and is a beautiful example of what Greaves described as his development towards linear clarity. When it was shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1998 it attracted comparison with Matisse.