Eagle Pass
- Artist: Peter Lanyon
- Date: 1963
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Museum: The Courtauld Gallery
- Collection record: The Courtauld Gallery website
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About this artwork
This is the Eagle Pass by Peter Lanyon. Painted in 1963, the work is an oil on canvas. The title suggests a passage or journey, perhaps evoking the image of an eagle moving across a landscape. Though the canvas is a blank space of color and shape, it invites the viewer to imagine movement and freedom. The composition, while simple in description, is a snapshot of the artist’s work from that period and a key piece of 20th‑century British art.
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Eagle Pass hangs in The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House, London. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
