Lot 3
  • 3

Gwen John

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gwen John
  • little girl holding flowers
  • signed
  • pencil, pen and ink
  • 24 by 19cm.; 9½ by 7½in.

Provenance

Matthiessen Ltd., London
Browse & Darby Ltd., London

Exhibited

London, Matthiessen Ltd., Gwen John Memorial Exhibition, E.J.55, 1946;
Canada, National Gallery, British Drawings, Canada, 1948;
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Gwen John Paintings, 1952, no.42;
London, Matthiessen Ltd., February - March, 1958, no.29

Condition

On wove paper. The upper right quadrant appears to have been damaged by water, although this has not affected the image. The sheet undulates slightly. The work is faded. Under glass with a green mount and held in a gilt wood and plaster frame. Unexamined out of its frame.
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