Portrait of Charles Conder

Details

AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Portrait of Charles Conder
signed and inscribed ‘Barlow by John’ (lower left), with inscription 'drawn for EMD by A. John. / Swanage 1898.' (lower left)
pencil on paper
8¾ x 11¾ in. (22.2 x 29.9 cm.)
Executed in 1898.

Provenance

Given by the artist to Miss Elinor Monsell (later Mrs Bernard Darwin), and by descent to Sir Robin Darwin.
with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Leonard Voss-Smith, December 1974.
The Trout Collection; sold Christie's, Brisbane, 6 June 1989, lot 206, where acquired by the late Barry Humphries.

Literature

J. Rothenstein, The Life and Death of Conder, London, 1938, illustrated facing p.196.

Exhibited

Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Charles Conder 1868-1909, September-October, 1967, no. 65 (‘Portrait Head of Conder and Study of his Head’).

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

‘Drawn in Swanage in the spring ... when Conder stayed at the lodging house of Mrs Everitt with John. Two other Slade students, Miss Monsell and The Hon. Daisy Legge were also staying there. … “Barlow” was a nickname of Conder.’ (Sheffield, 1967)

We are very grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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