Modern British & Irish Art

The Property of a Lady

Gwen John

Portrait of a Lady, probably Maude Boughton Leigh

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Gwen John

1876 - 1939

Portrait of a Lady, probably Maude Boughton Leigh

stamped with Estate stamp (lower left)

pencil, watercolour and ink wash on buff paper

unframed (sheet): 15.5 by 13cm.; 6 by 5in.

framed: 33 by 28.5cm.; 13 by 11¼in.

Executed circa 1910.

We are grateful to Cecily Langdale for her kind assistance with the cataloguing for the present work.

Matthiesen Ltd., London, where probably acquired by the Hon. Michael Astor (1916-1980) and thence by descent to the present owner

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