Fanny Fletcher

Details

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Fanny Fletcher
signed 'John' (upper right)
oil on panel
17¾ x 12½ in. (45 x 31.7 in.)

Provenance

F. Leverton Harris.
with Chenil Galleries, London.

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Lot Essay

Augustus John's house, Alderney, was a home for many people, one of them being Fanny Fletcher. Fanny was a poor art student, later revered for her wallpapers, 'who arrived for a few weeks, knitted herself into the household with her cardigans and gained the reputation for being a rather inefficient witch whose salad dressings were said to contain spells' (see M. Holroyd, Augustus John, London, 1996, p. 381).

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