ID 1176689
Lot 234 | AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Dorelia Holding Up Her Skirt
signed 'John' (lower right)
pencil on paper
18 7⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (48 x 28.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1908-09.
Provenance
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Helen Hope Montgomery and Edgar Scott.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1996, lot 63.
with Ivor Braka, London, where purchased by the present owner in March 1996.
Literature
M. Holroyd, M. Evans and R. John, exhibition catalogue, Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931, Cardiff, National Museum and Art Gallery, 1996, p. 56, no. 50, illustrated.
Exhibited
Cardiff, National Museum and Art Gallery, Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931, July - September 1996, no. 50: this exhibition travelled to London, Spink & Son, September - October 1996; and Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, November - December 1996.
| Artist: | Augustus Edwin John (1878 - 1961) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Augustus Edwin John (1878 - 1961) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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