Lot Essay
Vera Willoughby was one of a small group of female artists and illustrators working in Paris in the 1920s whose work was charactersied by exotic and mildly erotic subjects.
BY VERA WILLOUGHBY, CIRCA 1925
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Odalisque
By Vera Willoughby, circa 1925
Body colour and gold paint on wood, with painted surround, framed and glazed
21¾ by 15½in. (55.2 by 39.4cm.) sight area including surround
Image and surround both with artist's monogram
By Vera Willoughby, circa 1925
Body colour and gold paint on wood, with painted surround, framed and glazed
21¾ by 15½in. (55.2 by 39.4cm.) sight area including surround
Image and surround both with artist's monogram