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Property from a Distinguished British Collection

Gwen John

Unfinished Study of a Nude Girl, Seated

Auction Closed

November 26, 03:10 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Gwen John

1876 - 1939

Unfinished Study of a Nude Girl, Seated



oil on canvas, laid on board

unframed: 46 by 28cm.; 18 by 11in.

framed: 60.5 by 43cm.; 23¾ by 17in.

Executed circa 1923-4.

The Artist's Estate, until 1956, sold via Matthiesen Gallery, London to

Viscount Hampden (then the Hon. Thomas Brand) from 1956, and

thence by descent to Leila Viscountess Hampden, by 1968

Jonathan Clark & Co, London, where acquired by the present owner, November 2003

London, Mattheisen Gallery, Gwen John Memorial Exhibition, 1946, no. 41 (as Unfinished Study of a Nude)

London, Mattheisen Gallery, Gwen John Exhibition, June 1961, no. 19 (as Unfinished Study of a Nude)

London, Mattheisen Gallery, 1964 (details untraced)

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Gwen John, 1968, no. 15

London, Anthony d'Offay, Gwen John Centenary Exhibition, March 1976, no. 13

London, Olympia, Gwen John & Lucie Rie, 22 - 27 February 2000