Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
Lot Closed
September 16, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
GWEN JOHN
1876-1939
BUST-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF YOUNG WOMAN IN PINAFORE
stamped with Estate stamp
pencil on paper
unframed: 16 by 12.5cm.; 6¼ by 4¾in.
framed: 33.5 by 29.5cm.; 13¼ by 11½in.
Executed circa 1920.
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Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners
The sitter in the present work is known as the convalescent model; her true identity is unknown but she was a neighbour of John's in Meudon and sat for her on a number of occasions. She was the model for a work of circa 1918-22 called Girl with a Cat (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) where she sits in a simliar pose to the present drawing and appears to be wearing the same dress.
We are grateful to Cecily Langdale for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.