Calves in the barn at Wyresdale Park, Lancashire

Details

DAME LAURA KNIGHT, R.A., R.W.S. (LONG EATON, DERBYSHIRE 1877-1970 LONDON)
Calves in the barn at Wyresdale Park, Lancashire
signed 'Laura Knight' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on buff oatmeal paper
21 ¼ x 29 7⁄8 in. (54 x 79.9 cm.)

Provenance

The artist, by whom given to
Captain Peter Ormrod (1869-1923) and his wife Mrs. Gertrude Ormrod (1875-1965), Wyresdale Park, Lancashire, and by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Probably Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Drawings by Harold Knight and Laura Knight, April-May 1914, no. 81, as 'Calves in the Byre'.

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Lot Essay

For a note on the origins of this watercolour see lot 211.

This watercolour is to be included as no. 1073 in the catalogue raisonné of Dame Laura Knight currently being compiled by R. John Croft FCA, the great-nephew of the artist. We are grateful for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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