Jack Vettriano OBE Hon LLD (British, born 1951) Cocktails and Broken Hearts (Painted in 1998)Jack Vettriano OBE Hon LLD (British, born 1951)Cocktails and Broken Hearts signed 'VETTRIANO' (lower right)oil on canvas81.3 x 71.1cm (32 x 28in).Painted in 1998ProvenanceWith Portland Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner.Private Collection, UK.ExhibitedLondon, Portland Gallery, Between Darkness and Dawn, 10 June-10 July 1998, cat. no. 6.Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective, 21 September 2013–23 February 2014, cat. no. 52. LiteratureA. Quinn, Lovers and Others Strangers, London, 2002, illustrated p. 9.A. Quinn, Jack Vettriano, London, 2004, illustrated p. 112.Exhibition catalogue, Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Museums, 2013, illustrated.This painting was selected to be the front cover image of the 1998 exhibition Between Darkness and Dawn at The Portland Gallery. Terence Conran wrote the introduction. 'Jack Vettriano seems to understand perfectly the stylish sexiness and intrigue that you get when high life and low life collide. There's a terrific frisson in many of his paintings: I love the narrative detail you find in so many of them, the way in which you form an impression on first glance that is revised and undermined as you take in the detail.' (Terence Conran, February 2008, Introduction in the exhibition catalogue for Between Darkness and Dawn).