EDWARD WADSWORTH, A.R.A (1889-1949)

Lot 14
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Lot 14 | EDWARD WADSWORTH, A.R.A (1889-1949)
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EDWARD WADSWORTH, A.R.A (1889-1949)

Self Portrait in a Turban

indistinctly signed and dated 'Wadsworth 1911' (lower right)

oil on canvas

16 x 14 in. (40.6 x 35.6 cm.)

Painted in 1911.





Provenance

The artist, and by descent to the present owner.



Literature

Editions Sélection, 'Edward Wadsworth', Seléction Chronique de la Vie Artistique: Cahier XIII, Anvers, 1933, p. 33, illustrated, as 'Portrait de l'artiste'.

J. Rothenstein, Modern English Painters, London, 1956, p. 149.

Exhibition catalogue, Edward Wadsworth: Paintings and Drawings, London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1974, n.p., no. 3, illustrated as a frontispiece.

B. Wadsworth, Edward Wadsworth: A Painter's Life, Salisbury, 1989, pp. 29, 364, no. W/A6, illustrated on the cover.

Exhibition catalogue, Edward Wadsworth: Centenary Exhibition, Bradford, Cartwright Hall, 1989, n.p., no. 6, illustrated, as 'Self-portrait'.

J. Black, Edward Wadsworth, Form, Feeling and Calculation: The Complete Paintings and Drawings, London, 2005, p. 159, no. 11, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Edward Wadsworth: A Memorial Exhibition, February - March 1951, no. 1, as 'Self-Portrait'.

London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Edward Wadsworth: Paintings and Drawings, July - August 1974, no. 3.

Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Edward Wadsworth: Centenary Exhibition, October 1989 - January 1990, no. 6, as 'Self-portrait': this exhibition travelled to London, Camden Arts Centre, March - April 1990.

London, Osborne Samuel, Edward Wadsworth: The Rhythm of Things, Paintings & Drawings, September - October 2006, no. 4.
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