L'Ermitage Sainte Anne, Martigues

Details

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
L'Ermitage Sainte Anne, Martigues
signed 'John' (lower left)
oil on panel
9½ x 13 in. (24 x 33 cm.)

Provenance

with Tooth's, London.
Lady Duke-Elder, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 July 1989, lot 138, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Works by Augustus John, London, Royal Academy, 1954, p. 21, no. 231.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Works by Augustus John, March - June 1954, no. 231.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Villa Sainte-Anne stood on a steep yellow bank overlooking a lagoon on the outskirts of Martigues and on the way to Marseilles. Augustus John and Dorelia first stayed there in 1910, after which they used it many times over the next eighteen years. The house and its location gave John inspiration and suited his and his family's way of life. In April 1910, he wrote, 'I am installed in this little house with a batch of family and hard work. The weather has been glorious and we have been out of doors all day for weeks' (see Augustus John, Michael Holroyd, 1996, p. 318).

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