Jessica Dismorr

The work is on thin card which appears to have been laid down a long time ago. The sheet is now coming away slightly from the mount but this is only visible when the work is unframed. The card appears to be in good overall condition. The surface of the sheet is in good overall condition. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals some tiny scattered spots of retouching in the centre of the work near the upper edge. Held under glass in a simple rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Painted in 1938, the present work is a smaller version in slightly different colours of a tempera painting now in the collection of Birmingham City Art Gallery. There is also a third version in a private collection. This group is amongst the last works Dismorr produced.

The translucent forms that float above each other developed from the Related Forms series of the previous year (see Related Forms, 1937, sold in these rooms 15^th July 2008, lot 29) and may suggest an awareness of the contemporary work of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy incorporating coloured, painted and transparent plastics.