Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owner.

Literature

Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin. (2011) Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke. Johannesburg: Standard Bank. Page 168 where A glass of spring water is mentioned and Plain Furniture is illustrated.

"A black-and-white print of 1988, A glass of spring water, hand-coloured in some versions, is representative of many appealing tiny still life works that he produced, its tipped up table top demonstrating his long-standing interest in the shifting perspective of Cézanne's still life paintings."