Lot Essay
The present drawing is a compositional study of which John made many, for other examples see A. D. Fraser Jenkins exhibition catalogue, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions, 1978, nos, 95-97, 104-106.
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Two studies for composition
Details
Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Two studies for composition
pen and brown ink, on folded paper
6½ x 8¼ in. (16.5 x 21 cm.)
Executed circa 1910
Two studies for composition
pen and brown ink, on folded paper
6½ x 8¼ in. (16.5 x 21 cm.)
Executed circa 1910
Provenance
Poppet Pol, the artist's daughter and by descent in the family until
with The Lefevre Gallery, October 1999, where purchased by the present owner.
with The Lefevre Gallery, October 1999, where purchased by the present owner.
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