Marlow Moss: First London Gallery Show in Decades Opens at Ward Moretti
"Marlow Moss: Space, Movement & Light" opens at 12 Duke Street, St James's, London, from 14 September to 30 October, showcasing the British Constructivist artist's first commercial gallery exhibition in London in over fifty years. The display includes 30 paintings, several works on paper, and one sculpture. Born Marjorie Jewel Moss in 1889, she attended the Slade School of Fine Art, relocated to Cornwall in 1919, and later adopted the name Marlow. After moving to Paris in 1927, she formed a friendship with Piet Mondrian. In 1940, Moss escaped the Nazis and held solo exhibitions at Hanover Gallery in 1953 and 1958. Recent sales feature "White, Yellow and Black" (1953) for £1.1m, with artwork prices ranging from £20,000 to £2.5m.
Key facts
- Marlow Moss: Space, Movement & Light runs 14 September to 30 October at Ward Moretti, 12 Duke Street, St James's, London
- The show is Moss's first London commercial gallery exhibition in over 50 years and features 30 paintings, works on paper and one sculpture
- Moss was born Marjorie Jewel Moss in London in 1889 and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art
- She met Piet Mondrian in 1929 through her partner Antoinette 'Netty' Nijhoff and is credited with inventing the double line in 1930
- Moss fled the Nazis in 1940 on the SS Bodegraven, the last passenger ship from the continent to England
- Of her roughly 65-70 paintings, about a third are destroyed or missing and a third are in museums
- White, Yellow and Black (1953) sold for £1.1m at Sotheby's London in June, beating her previous record of £609,600
- Works in the Ward Moretti show are priced from £20,000 to £2.5m
Entities
Artists
- Marlow Moss
- Marjorie Jewel Moss
- Fernand Léger
- Georges Vantongerloo
- Piet Mondrian
- Antoinette Nijhoff
- Netty Nijhoff
- Jean Gorin
- Frank Elgar
- Jacques Goudstikker
- Erica Brausen
- John Russell
- Faan Nijhoff
- Lucy Howarth
- Emma Ward
Institutions
- Ward Moretti
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Académie Moderne
- De Stijl
- Hanover Gallery
- Stedelijk Museum
- Gimpel & Hanover
- Carus Gallery
- New York Times
- Rijksmuseum
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Centre Pompidou
- Georg Kolbe Museum
- Sotheby's
- Café de Flore
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Cornwall
- Lamorna
- Paris
- France
- Normandy
- Zeeland
- Netherlands
- New York
- United States
- Amsterdam
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Berlin
- Germany
- Australia
- St James's
- Duke Street