signed lower centre John, pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
17¾ x 9¾in. (45 x 25cm.)
Executed circa 1906
Provenance
Mrs. Archibald Douglas, London
Mrs. Dudley Tooth, London, by whom bequeathed to the present owners
Literature
L. Browse, Augustus John: Drawings, London, 1941, p.21, pl.36
Exhibited
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Palace of Art, North East Coast Exhibition, May-Oct. 1929, no.427 as 'Figure Study'
New York, British Council, British Pavilion, New York World's Fair, Exhibition of Contemporary British Art, 1939, no.57, pl.5 as 'Lady in Eastern Dress with red Trousers
London, Royal Academy, Works by Augustus John, March-June 1954, no.139
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Augustus John, 1956, no.86
Lot Essay
The present work was executed while John was living in Paris with Ida and Dorelia between 1905-07.