AUGUSTUS JOHN

PORTRAIT OF J. HOPE JOHNSTOPE

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AUGUSTUS JOHN
PORTRAIT OF J. HOPE JOHNSTOPE
ETCHING, 1912 (?)ON LAID PAPER, WITH PART OF A STRASBOURG LILY WATERMARK, A FINE IMPRESSION, PRINTED WITH TONE, SIGNED IN PENCIL, WITH A LATER INSCRIPTION IN THE LOWER MARGIN 'UNDESCRIBED I/2', APPARENTLY A PROOF BEFORE THE EDITION OF 55, WITH MARGINS, OLD TAPE AT THE UPPER SHEET EDGE, OTHER MINOR DEFECTS, GENERALLY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION; THE OLD HABERDASHER, SIGNED IN PENCIL; YOUNG WOMAN MUSING; GIRL WITH A BLACK HAT, SIGNED IN PENCIL; URSULA, SIGNED IN PENCIL; THE GLASS OF WINE, SIGNED IN PENCIL; A GIRL'S HEAD, SIGNED IN PENCIL; AND DORELIA (NOT IN D.)
P. 210 X 160MM., S. 490 X 360 MM. AND SMALLER (8)

Literature

DODGSON 139; AND 36-8, 52-3, 134 RESPECTIVELY

Lot Essay

THE LOT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A REPRODUCTION OF A LETTER FROM J. HOPE JOHNSTON DESCRIBING THE ARTIST'S MAKING OF THE PORTRAIT, AND DATING THIS TO MARCH OR APRIL 1912, AND NOT TO 1919 AS DESCRIBED BY CAMPBELL DODGSON

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