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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A.

Composition IV

Auction Closed

November 23, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A.

1889 - 1949

Composition IV


signed E WADSWORTH and dated 1932 (lower right)

tempera on canvas laid down on board

unframed: 63.5 by 89cm.; 24¾ by 35in.

framed: 95 by 119.5cm.; 37½ by 47in.

Executed in 1932. 


We are grateful to Jonathan Black for his kind assitance in cataloguing the present work.

Mrs Edward Wadsworth 

Osborne Samuel, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2 October 2006

London, Mayor Gallery, Edward Wadsworth, November 1933
Venice, Venice Biennale, XXVI Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, British Council, 1 June - 30 September 1952, no. 70, where lent by the Artist's wife
Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Edward Wadsworth 1889-1949: A Genius of Industrial England, 12 October 1989 - 14 January 1990, no. 107, with tour to Camden Arts Centre, London, illustrated in the catalogue p. 111
London, Osborne Samuel, Edward Wadsworth: The Rhythm of Things, 27 September - 21 October 2006, no. 298, illustrated in the catalogue p. 92

Selection XIII, Edward Wadsworth, May 1933, p.73


Architectural Review, 6 October 1933 

Jonathan Black, Edward WadsworthForm Feeling and Calculation: The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2005, no. 298, illustrated p. 97 and 187