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Augustus Edwin John

Study of a Child

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Augustus Edwin John

1878 - 1961

Study of a Child

signed JOHN twice (lower right)

oil on panel

unframed: 49.5 by 27.5cm.; 19½ by 10¾in.

framed: 57.5 by 36 cm.; 22½ by 14in.

This work is in very good condition. The panel is sound. Artist's pinholes at all four corners. Minor frame abrasion along all four edges, one associated nick to the center of the upper edge. The pigments are bright and fresh. Two minor scratches to the surface near the figure's proper left arm. Under UV light: a thick layer of varnish obscures a closer reading. There is a possible fleck of retouching in the figure's hair but no other inpainting is apparent.

Held in an ornate black frame.

Charles Chenil Ltd., London, where acquired by Mr and Mrs Worcester in 1925
Presented by the above to The Art Institute of Chicago (Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Sketch Collection) in 1935

Worcester Rich, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1936, no. 60
Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1961, p. 248

London, The Chenil Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Augustus E. John A.R.A., June - July 1925
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Portraits of Children in The Children's Museum, 26 February - 30 March 1931, no. 21