Gwen John (1876-1939)

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Gwen John (1876-1939)

Profile Study of a Poilu

with stamped signature upper left Gwen John, black crayon and watercolour on beige paper
6¼ x 4¾in. (16 x 12cm.)

Executed circa 1914-18

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist; E.J.50
Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin, New York

Exhibited

London, Matthiesen Ltd., Gwen John Memorial Exhibition, Sept.-Oct. 1946, no.111

Lot Essay

The present drawing is from a small series of watercolours of French 'squaddies' during the First World War. A comparable drawing is listed as no.231 in Cecily Langdale's catalogue raisonné (Gwen John, New Haven, 1987, p.202).

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