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ISHERWOOD, Christopher (1904-1986). Portrait of Isherwood by Peter Evershed, showing the writer full-face, head and shoulders, pastel and gouache heightened with varnish, inscribed in pencil at right 'Isherwood Santa Monica', signed and dated in pencil at lower right 'Evershed, 57', with artist's stamp. Framed and glazed.
Painted in the year in which Isherwood bought a house at Santa Monica, the first he had owned. Peter Evershed (b. 1925) went to America in 1949. He also painted Dylan Thomas and other writers, and musicians.
Painted in the year in which Isherwood bought a house at Santa Monica, the first he had owned. Peter Evershed (b. 1925) went to America in 1949. He also painted Dylan Thomas and other writers, and musicians.