Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)

Mornington Crescent nude, contre-jour

Details

Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Mornington Crescent nude, contre-jour
signed 'Sickert' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 18 in. (50.8 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1906

Provenance

Judge William Evans.

Literature

L. Browse, Sickert, London, 1943, no.33, p.49 (illustrated).
A. Bertram, Sickert, London, 1955, pl.22.
Sir J. Rothenstein, Sickert, London, 1961.
R. Pickvance, Sickert, London, 1967, no.886.
W. Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, pp.86-87, 105, 338, no.213, fig.146.
W. Baron, The Camden Town Group, London, 1979, p.120, pl.8.

Exhibited

possibly, London, Goupil Gallery, The Collection of Judge Williams Evans, 1918.
London, National Gallery, Sickert, 1941, no.95.
Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Sickert, 1942, no.164 as Granby Street.
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Sickert, March-April 1960, no.62.
London, Arts Council, Tate Gallery, Sickert, May-June 1960, no.113: this exhibition toured to Southampton, Art Gallery, July 1960; and Bradford, City Art Gallery, August 1960.

Lot Essay

Wendy Baron remarks that the present work, previously considered to be datable to 1908, is more likely to be circa 1906 as Sickert acquired his Mornington Crescent studio at this time, although he used it more frequently for paintings of the nude from 1907. Also, the composition is very close to his friend, Spencer Frederick Gore's Behind the Blind, also generally dated to 1906. Sickert lent Gore the use of his Mornington Crescent studio as well as his house at Neuville near Dieppe in 1906, and as they often painted together at this time, it is probable that this work and Behind the Blind were painted contemporaneously in Mornington Crescent.
(see W. Baron, loc. cit.).

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