Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A.

Acquired directly from the Artist by the Bernheim Jeune Gallery, Paris, January 1907
Dr Robert Emmons
R.C. Pritchard
Sale, Christie's London, 19th July 1968, lot 88
Mayor Gallery, London, 1971
D'Offay Couper Gallery, London, where acquired by Henry and Irina Moore, and thence by descent to the present owners

Paris, The Bernheim Jeune Gallery, Exposition Sickert, 10th - 19th January 1907, cat. no.23 (as La Inez);
London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by W.R. Sickert from the Collection of Robert Emmons, May - June 1947, cat. no.39.

Wendy Baron, Sickert, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1973, cat. no.171.1;
Wendy Baron, Sickert, Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2006, cat. no.211.2, illustrated p.293.

Original canvas. There are stretcher bar marks apparent to the edges. There are extremely fine traces of isolated craquelure, including to the brown pigment, with a few further traces appearing elsewhere. This is only visible upon extremely close inspection. There are one or two tiny traces of very minor studio detritus apparent upon close inspection, but this excepting the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals a single, small vertical line of fluorescence and possible retouching to the centre of the left hand edge, running upwards from the tip of the sitter's head, with a couple of further, smaller spots appearing in the bottom left hand corner. Housed in a thick gilt and painted wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present lot.
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