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David Jones, C.H. (1895-1974)

Flowers and Tea-cup

Details
David Jones, C.H. (1895-1974)
Flowers and Tea-cup
signed and dated 'David Jones/30' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
24 x 18½ in. (60.9 x 47 in.)
Provenance
with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by the Hon. Mr Lucile Frost, 17 February 1936.
with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by Mrs J. Harvey Phillips, 14 June 1949, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, David Jones, Tate Gallery, London, 1981, p. 94, no. 71.
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, David Jones, July - September 1981, no. 71.
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Lot Essay

Nicolete Gray writes 'The years between 1929 and 1932 were those when David Jones was most prolific, when he did what was considered his most mature and successful work. It was the time when he felt that his paintings "came off"' (see N. Gray, The Paintings of David Jones, London, 1989, p. 29).

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