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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A., 1889-1946
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Description
- Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, A.R.A.
- portrait of christine bonner
- signed
pencil, charcoal and pastel
- 52x41.5cm.; 20½x16¼in.
Provenance
Leicester Galleries, London;
Gustave Besky, London, by whom given to the sitter, and thence by descent to the present owner
Gustave Besky, London, by whom given to the sitter, and thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
A. Rutherston (ed.), Contemporary British Artists: C.R.W. Nevinson, London, 1925, pl.30;
C.R.W. Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice, London, 1937, p.179 and pl.22.
C.R.W. Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice, London, 1937, p.179 and pl.22.
Catalogue Note
Executed in 1924. Nevinson wrote in his biography, 'I was now doing a great many portraits....I painted Mrs Bonner, the famous beauty; and her Florentine perfection inspired me to do one of the best heads I have ever done' (C.R.W. Nevinson, op.cit., p.179).