signed and dated 'Cedric Morris 45' (lower right), oil on canvas, 63.5 x 63.5 cm, framed 69.5 x 69.5 cm

Provenance
Property of Mrs Phyllis Bowen, thence by descent.

Exhibited
National Museum of Wales, Cedric Morris Retrospective Exhibition, 1968, no.67 (Welsh Arts Council label verso).

Footnote
Phyllis Bowen (1903 - 1999) started being involved with the Welsh art scene after World War II when living at the Castle House in Laugharne, on the South coast of Carmarthenshire. She began organising exhibitions here and her subsequent move to Cardiff with her husband. In her memoirs, 'The Baker's Daughter - recollections by Phyllis Bowen of Pontypridd', she describes the following, 'The pictures have always been dear to me because I knew personally practically every painter whose work I bought, so that it was like being surrounded by my friends. I think it was probably members of the Contemporary Arts Society who gave a little dinner for me and the society also made me a vice-president at that time, the second one after Cedric Morris'.

Another Cedric Morris still life painting in her collection was bequeathed to the National Museums & Galleries of Wales.

Condition Report

Overall in good, original condition. Some surface dirt. A few lines of craquelure and one speck of loss to one of the apples. Unlined. No evidence of retouching when viewed under UV light.