Property from a Private American Collection
Philip de László, P.R.B.A.
Portrait of Viscountess Chaplin (Gwladys Chaplin)
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May 22, 04:37 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Property from a Private American Collection
Philip de László, P.R.B.A.
Budapest 1869 - 1937 London
Portrait of Viscountess Chaplin (Gwladys Chaplin)
signed, dated, and inscribed lower right: P.A. de László / 1915. June 14.
oil on artist’s board
board: 35 ½ by 27 ⅝ in.; 90.2 by 70.2 cm
framed: 42 ½ by 34 ⅝ in.; 108.0 by 87.9 cm
By descent from the sitter;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 June 2007, lot 68;
With Richard Green, London;
From whom acquired by the present owner, 14 May 2014.
De László Archive 061-0070, letter from Viscountess Castlereagh to Philip de László, 25 November 1914;
National Portrait Gallery Album, 1913-1915, p. 92, reproduced fig. B;
Sitters' Book I, f. 104: "Gwladys Chaplin June 3rd 1915";
D. Hart-Davis and C. Corbeau-Parsons, De László: His Life and Art, New Haven 2010, p. 135;
S. Morris and R. Boyd, in British and European Portraiture 1600-1930, exhibition catalogue, London 2013, pp. 114-117, reproduced;
S. Morris and R. Boyd, A Flair for Fashion: Society Portraits 1888-1944, exhibition catalogue, London 2017, p. 2, reproduced.
London, The French Gallery, A Series of Portraits and Studies by Philip A. de László, M. V.O., June 1924, no. 1
London, Richard Green Fine Paintings, British and European Portraiture 1600-1930, June 2013, no. 30
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