WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)

Lot 190
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Lot 190 | WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)

Violet Schiff

signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis. 1920.' (lower right)

pencil on paper

16 x 10 ½ in. (40.8 x 26 cm.)

Executed in 1920.





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Oscar Raymond Drey, and by descent to the present owners.



Literature

W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, p. 372, no. 393, pl. 43, as 'Girl Seated'.



Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism, July - August 1956, no. 66, as 'Girl Seated in a Chair Cross-Legged'.



Further details

We are very grateful to Professor Paul Edwards for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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