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We are very grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BELGRAVIA
AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., C.H. (1878-1961)
Dorelia standing
Details
AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., C.H. (1878-1961)
Dorelia standing
signed and dated 'John 08' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
17 3⁄8 x 9 ¼ in. (44.2 x 23.5 cm.)
Executed in 1908.
Dorelia standing
signed and dated 'John 08' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
17 3⁄8 x 9 ¼ in. (44.2 x 23.5 cm.)
Executed in 1908.
Provenance
Mrs Diego Suarez.
Her estate sale; Christie's, London, 17 October 1980, lot 38.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
with Martin Summers Fine Art, London, by 2001.
Jacques Gelardin, by 2004.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 2008, lot 65.
with Robert Kime, London, where purchased by the present owners.
Her estate sale; Christie's, London, 17 October 1980, lot 38.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
with Martin Summers Fine Art, London, by 2001.
Jacques Gelardin, by 2004.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 2008, lot 65.
with Robert Kime, London, where purchased by the present owners.
Exhibited
London, Olympia, Augustus John, February 1999, no. 333.
London, Tate Britain, Gwen John and Augustus John, September 2004 - January 2005, pp. 120-121, no. 69, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Cardiff, National Museum and Art Gallery, February - May 2005.
London, Tate Britain, Gwen John and Augustus John, September 2004 - January 2005, pp. 120-121, no. 69, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Cardiff, National Museum and Art Gallery, February - May 2005.
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