Lot 107
  • 107

Frances Hodgkins

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Frances Hodgkins
  • Ibiza
  • signed
  • watercolour and gouache
  • 42.5 by 54.5cm.; 16¾ by 21½in.
  • Executed in 1937.

Provenance

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, where acquired by Dorothy Elmhirst, April 1940 for £12.12.0
Gifted by Dorothy Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, 25th March 1965

Exhibited

Dartington Hall, The Teacher & The Arts Exhibition of Paintings, January 1949;
Corsham, Bath Academy of Art, 1951;
London, Tate Gallery and the Arts Council of Great Britain, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Frances Hodgkins, Gwen John and Ethel Walker, 6th May - 15th June 1952, cat. no.36;
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Centenary Exhibition, April - November 1969, cat. no.73, illustrated, with tour to Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christ Church, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Auckland City Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London;
Colchester, The Minories Art Gallery, Frances Hodgkins, The Late Work, 10th November 1990 - 5th January 1991, cat. no.26, with tour to Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Oriel 31, Welshpool & Newton, and Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield;
Dartington Hall, High Cross House, 2000 - 2006.

Literature

Arthur R. Howell, and Mary Chamot, Frances Hodgkins; Four Vital Years, London, 1951, p.102.

Condition

The sheet is sound and is not laid down but has been adhered to the mount all around the edges. There are a few very minor scuff marks and spots of staining along the upper edge. The paper has discoloured slightly, otherwise the work appears in good original condition. Held under glass in a gilt-wood frame with a grey mount. Please telephone the department on 0207 293 6424 if you have any questions about the present work.
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