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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY COTTESLOEA lifelong supporter of the arts, The Hon. John Fremantle (4th Lord Cottesloe) collected works of the 20th century by artists including Walter Sickert, William Orpen, Augustus John, Henry Moore and John Piper. The latter two were lifelong personal friends. He also forged close friendships with several leading lights of the stage, including Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In 1953 he became a trustee of Tate and the following year was appointed chairman of the Advisory Council and Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art. In that same year his father died, meaning he inherited the title, Lord Cottesloe. From 1960-65 he was chairman of the Arts Council, during which time he conceived, with Olivier, his great passion project: to build a National Theatre on London’s South Bank. As chairman of the National Theatre board, he steered the development for fourteen years and finally, in 1976, it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. One of its three theatres was named in his honour.

AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Dorelia and Child

Details

AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Dorelia and Child
signed 'John' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
17 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (43.8 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1908.

Provenance

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, where purchased by The Hon. John Fremantle (Lord Cottesloe).

Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Augustus John Exhibition, March 1961, no. 38.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

In this drawing Dorelia is wearing the same long jacket with a frilled hem as in the oils The Childhood of Pyramus (Johannesburg Art Gallery) and Family Group (Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin), both dated 1908.

We are very grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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