WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)

Lot 126
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Lot 126 | WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
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WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)

Abstract Drawing (ii)

signed with initials and dated 'WL 26' (lower right)

pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache on paper

22 x 10 1/4 in. (55.9 x 26 cm.)

Executed in 1926.





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Olivia Shakespear, and by descent to Dorothy Shakespear (later Dorothy Pound).

with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in February 1988.



Literature

W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, p. 389, no. 618, pl. 84.

J. Rothenstein (intro.), exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis, Manchester, City Art Gallery, 1980, n.p., no. 102, illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: The Twenties, London, Anthony d'Offay, 1984, n.p., no. 24, illustrated.

R. Humphreys, Wyndham Lewis, London, 2004, p. 53, no. 34, illustrated, as 'Abstract Composition'.

Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis, Madrid, Fundación Juan March, 2010, p. 213, no. 122, illustrated, as 'Abstract Composition'.



Exhibited

Manchester, City Art Gallery, Wyndham Lewis, October - November 1980, no. 102.

London, Anthony d'Offay, Wyndham Lewis: The Twenties, September - October 1984, no. 24.

Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Wyndham Lewis, February - March 2010, no. 122, as 'Abstract Composition'.



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