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AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Lot 168
19.10.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1051492
Lot 168 | AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Mary McEvoy

signed, dedicated and dated 'John. 07/to Ambrose/McEvoy.' (centre right)

pencil on paper

12 1⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (30.8 x 22.6 cm.)

Executed in 1907.





Provenance

A gift from the artist to Mr and Mrs Ambrose McEvoy in 1907.

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.

Miss E. Doucet, by 1954.

Dudley Tooth, by 1965, and by descent to the previous owners.

Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 2014, lot 11, as 'Mrs Ambrose McEvoy', where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

G. Kelly (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Works by Augustus John, London, Royal Academy, 1954, p. 17, no. 59, illustrated, as 'Mrs Ambrose McEvoy'.

Exhibition catalogue, Augustus John: Masterworks from Private Collections 1900-1920, London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 2004, p. 51, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.



Exhibited

Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Paintings and Drawings by Augustus John, July - August 1946, no. 83, as 'Portrait of Mrs. Ambrose McEvoy'.

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by Augustus John, March - June 1954, no. 59, as 'Mrs Ambrose McEvoy'.

Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Augustus John: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, August - October 1956, no. 66, as 'Mrs Ambrose McEvoy'.

London, Upper Grosvenor Galleries, A Loan Exhibition of Drawings and Murals by Augustus John, April 1965, no. 56, as 'Mrs Ambrose McEvoy'.

London, Olympia, Augustus John, February 1999, no. 66.

London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Augustus John: Masterworks from Private Collections 1900-1920, September - October 2004, exhibition not numbered.
Artist:Augustus Edwin John (1878 - 1961)
Applied technique:Pencil
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
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