10th Oct, 2012 10:30
Fine Art & Antiques
518
Gwen John (1876-1939)
Woman Sewing
monochrome in oil on canvas, 41cm x 27cm (16" x 10.5")
painted circa 1910, labels on the reverse
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist (P.J .55) until 1952
Matthiesen Ltd, London, where purchased by Col Robert Henriques, 1952 and thence by descent
to the current owner
Literature: C Langdale Gwen John, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection
of the Drawings, New Haven and London 1987, p141, pl 84 (cat 23)
Davis and Long Exhibition Catalogue, Gwen John, A Retrospective Exhibition, New York, Davis & Long, 1975, p.16 No. 6
Exhibited:The Arts Council of Great Britain 1946, No. 11
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1952 No. 108 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery)
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 1952, The Early Years of the New English Art Club
1886-1918, No 44 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery), Matthiesen Gallery 1961 No 9
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1968 No 17
Davis and Long, New York, Gwen John,
A Retrospective Exhibition 1975 No 6
Woman Sewing
monochrome in oil on canvas, 41cm x 27cm (16" x 10.5")
painted circa 1910, labels on the reverse
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist (P.J .55) until 1952
Matthiesen Ltd, London, where purchased by Col Robert Henriques, 1952 and thence by descent
to the current owner
Literature: C Langdale Gwen John, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection
of the Drawings, New Haven and London 1987, p141, pl 84 (cat 23)
Davis and Long Exhibition Catalogue, Gwen John, A Retrospective Exhibition, New York, Davis & Long, 1975, p.16 No. 6
Exhibited:The Arts Council of Great Britain 1946, No. 11
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1952 No. 108 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery)
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 1952, The Early Years of the New English Art Club
1886-1918, No 44 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery), Matthiesen Gallery 1961 No 9
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1968 No 17
Davis and Long, New York, Gwen John,
A Retrospective Exhibition 1975 No 6
Sold for £26,000
Gwen John (1876-1939)
Woman Sewing
monochrome in oil on canvas, 41cm x 27cm (16" x 10.5")
painted circa 1910, labels on the reverse
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist (P.J .55) until 1952
Matthiesen Ltd, London, where purchased by Col Robert Henriques, 1952 and thence by descent
to the current owner
Literature: C Langdale Gwen John, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection
of the Drawings, New Haven and London 1987, p141, pl 84 (cat 23)
Davis and Long Exhibition Catalogue, Gwen John, A Retrospective Exhibition, New York, Davis & Long, 1975, p.16 No. 6
Exhibited:The Arts Council of Great Britain 1946, No. 11
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1952 No. 108 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery)
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 1952, The Early Years of the New English Art Club
1886-1918, No 44 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery), Matthiesen Gallery 1961 No 9
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1968 No 17
Davis and Long, New York, Gwen John,
A Retrospective Exhibition 1975 No 6
Woman Sewing
monochrome in oil on canvas, 41cm x 27cm (16" x 10.5")
painted circa 1910, labels on the reverse
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist (P.J .55) until 1952
Matthiesen Ltd, London, where purchased by Col Robert Henriques, 1952 and thence by descent
to the current owner
Literature: C Langdale Gwen John, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection
of the Drawings, New Haven and London 1987, p141, pl 84 (cat 23)
Davis and Long Exhibition Catalogue, Gwen John, A Retrospective Exhibition, New York, Davis & Long, 1975, p.16 No. 6
Exhibited:The Arts Council of Great Britain 1946, No. 11
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1952 No. 108 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery)
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 1952, The Early Years of the New English Art Club
1886-1918, No 44 (lent by the Matthiesen Gallery), Matthiesen Gallery 1961 No 9
The Arts Council of Great Britain 1968 No 17
Davis and Long, New York, Gwen John,
A Retrospective Exhibition 1975 No 6
Auction: Fine Art & Antiques, 10th Oct, 2012
