Lot 9
  • 9

Augustus John, O.M., R.A. 1878-1961

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Augustus John, O.M., R.A.
  • Study of a Girl (Edie McNeill)
  • signed
  • watercolour and pencil
  • 44 by 21cm., 17 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.

Provenance

Macmillan & Perrin Gallery, Vancouver (as 'The Brown Dress')

Exhibited

London, Empire Art Loan Exhibition, John and Bone Drawings, (as 'Study of a Girl').

Catalogue Note

Edie McNeill was the sister of Dorelia and ran the kitchen at Alderney Manor. She married Francis Macnamara who later became Dylan Thomas's father-in-law (Michael Holroyd, Augustus John, Vol.2, Heinemann, London, 1975, p.2 & p.85).