Beryl Cook (British, 1926-2008)


Travelling Salesmen signed 'B. Cook' (lower right)oil and collage on board60.5 x 76cm (23 13/16 x 29 15/16in).Painted in 1981
|ProvenanceWith Portal Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner in 1981Private Collection, U.K.LiteratureBeryl Cook and Joe Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p.132 (col.ill., as Motorway Café).'I like motorway cafés, especially since the food has improved so enormously. Have you tried the fried bread recently? I can recommend it. It must have been mid-morning that we called at this one, when businessmen and travellers pause for coffee and a look at the papers. The decorations have since been changed in here, and the large basketwork lampshades (the original reason for the painting) have sadly disappeared.' (Beryl Cook, Beryl Cook and Joe Whitlock Blundell (ed.), Beryl Cook: The Bumper Edition, Victor Gollancz, London, 2000, p.132).