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Dancing Figures
Details
WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
Dancing Figures
signed with initials and dated 'WL 1914' (upper left)
pencil, ink, crayon, gouache and oil on paper
8 x 19 3/4 in. (20.3 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1914.
Dancing Figures
signed with initials and dated 'WL 1914' (upper left)
pencil, ink, crayon, gouache and oil on paper
8 x 19 3/4 in. (20.3 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1914.
Provenance
with Mayor Gallery, London, 1978.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1989.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in July 1989.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: Drawings and Watercolours 1910-1920, London, Anthony d'Offay, 1983, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920, London, Anthony d'Offay, 1984, p. 17, no. 91, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, New York, Washburn Gallery, 1985, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Futurismo e Futurismi, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 1986, p. 307, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement, London, Royal Academy, 1987, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1987, n.p., no. 76, illustrated.
P. Edwards, Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer, London, 2000, pp. 122, 123, no. 73, illustrated.
D. Fonti, exhibition catalogue, Gino Severini: The Dance 1909-1916, Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2001, pp. 214-215, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis, Madrid, Fundación Juan March, 2010, p. 148, no. 49, illustrated.
A. Gasiorek, A History of Modernist Literature, Hoboken, 2015, illustrated on the front cover.
Exhibition catalogue, The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920, London, Anthony d'Offay, 1984, p. 17, no. 91, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, New York, Washburn Gallery, 1985, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Futurismo e Futurismi, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 1986, p. 307, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
S. Compton, exhibition catalogue, British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement, London, Royal Academy, 1987, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1987, n.p., no. 76, illustrated.
P. Edwards, Wyndham Lewis: Painter and Writer, London, 2000, pp. 122, 123, no. 73, illustrated.
D. Fonti, exhibition catalogue, Gino Severini: The Dance 1909-1916, Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2001, pp. 214-215, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis, Madrid, Fundación Juan March, 2010, p. 148, no. 49, illustrated.
A. Gasiorek, A History of Modernist Literature, Hoboken, 2015, illustrated on the front cover.
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay, Wyndham Lewis: Drawings and Watercolours 1910-1920, April - May 1983, no. 16.
London, Anthony d'Offay, The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920, January - March 1984, no. 91.
New York, Washburn Gallery, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, September - October 1985, exhibition not numbered.
London, Anthony d'Offay, Important English Drawings Relating to Cubism and Vorticism, February - March 1986, no. 20.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Futurismo e Futurismi, May - October 1986, exhibition not numbered.
London, Royal Academy, British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement, January - April 1987, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, May - August 1987.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, November 1987 - January 1988, no. 76.
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Gino Severini: The Dance 1909-1916, May - October 2001, no. 39.
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Wyndham Lewis, February - March 2010, no. 49.
London, Anthony d'Offay, The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920, January - March 1984, no. 91.
New York, Washburn Gallery, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, September - October 1985, exhibition not numbered.
London, Anthony d'Offay, Important English Drawings Relating to Cubism and Vorticism, February - March 1986, no. 20.
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Futurismo e Futurismi, May - October 1986, exhibition not numbered.
London, Royal Academy, British Art in the 20th Century: The Modern Movement, January - April 1987, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, May - August 1987.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, November 1987 - January 1988, no. 76.
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Gino Severini: The Dance 1909-1916, May - October 2001, no. 39.
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Wyndham Lewis, February - March 2010, no. 49.
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