JOHN CHRISTOPHERSON
1921-1996
Ring Around the Moon
Oil and gesso on board
46 x 40 cm
Signed (lower-right) and signed, titled and dated on the reverse
1960
£3,700
Provenance
The Vincent Price Collection
Description
A striking mid-century work by John Christopherson, in which a luminous full moon hovers above a densely textured field of enigmatic, archaeological forms. Built up with layers of oil and gesso, the composition combines rhythmic symbols and an earthy palette to evoke an imagined ancient landscape.
“Christopherson’s pictures linger in the memory. His image world is a distillation of cultural debris sifted with poetic intensity.”