DAME LAURA KNIGHT, R.A., R.W.S. (DERBYSHIRE 1877-1970 LONDON)
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ID 1513571
Lot 223 | DAME LAURA KNIGHT, R.A., R.W.S. (DERBYSHIRE 1877-1970 LONDON)
Estimate value
15000GBP £ 15 000 – 25 000
Make-Up (Dressing Room)
signed and dated 'Laura Knight/1954' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm.)
Provenance
with M. Newman, London, by 1966.
with Richard Green, London, 1989, as 'Making up her Lips'.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 28 November 1996, lot 155.
Private Collection, UK.
Literature
L. Knight, Magic of a Line, London, 1965, p. 247 as ‘Dressing Room’.
The Connoisseur, July, 1966.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1964, no. 31.
| Artist: | Laura Knight (Johnson) (1877 - 1970) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | British Painting |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Laura Knight (Johnson) (1877 - 1970) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | British Painting |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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