Lot Essay
Cicely Hey was an artist and designer. She met Sickert in January 1923 while taking the door-money for a lecture by Roger Fry. She is the subject of several portraits by the artist.
Portrait of Cicely Hey (Before the Footlights)
Details
Walter Richard Sickert, A.R.A. (1860-1942)
Portrait of Cicely Hey (Before the Footlights)
signed 'Sickert' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 14½ in. (76 x 37 cm.)
Painted in 1922-23
Portrait of Cicely Hey (Before the Footlights)
signed 'Sickert' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 14½ in. (76 x 37 cm.)
Painted in 1922-23
Provenance
Robert Rattray Tatlock, art critic of the Daily Telegraph, and husband of the sitter, by whom purchased at the 1923 exhibition; Sotheby's, 9 July 1958, lot 119 as 'Before the Footlights'.
Dr. A.M. de Neuman, by 1960; Sotheby's, 26 April 1961, lot 186 as 'The Actress, Head and Shoulders of Cicely Hey'.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London.
Browse & Darby, London; Sotheby's, 10 May 1989, lot 48.
Dr. A.M. de Neuman, by 1960; Sotheby's, 26 April 1961, lot 186 as 'The Actress, Head and Shoulders of Cicely Hey'.
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London.
Browse & Darby, London; Sotheby's, 10 May 1989, lot 48.
Literature
L. Browse, Sickert, London, 1960, p.82.
W. Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, no.391, fig.272.
R. Shone, Walter Sickert, Oxford, 1978, p.75, pl.56.
W. Baron, Sickert, London, 1973, no.391, fig.272.
R. Shone, Walter Sickert, Oxford, 1978, p.75, pl.56.
Exhibited
London, London Group Exhibition, April-May 1923, no.15 as 'Portrait'.
Brighton, Sussex Festival of Arts, Royal Pavilion, Sickert, June 1962, no.21.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Sickert, April-May 1963, no.18 (illustrated).
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Sickert, April-May 1967, no.6. Sydney, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sickert, May-June 1968, no.32.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, From Sickert to Sutherland, 1970, no.7.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Distinguished British Paintings, 1974, no.11.
Hull, Arts Council of Great Britain, Ferens Art Gallery, W.R. Sickert, December 1977-January 1978, no.52: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery (February-March 1978); and Plymouth, City Art Gallery (April-May 1978).
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, From Beardsley to Beaverbrook Portraits by Walter Richard Sickert, May-June 1990, no.33 (illustrated).
London, Royal Academy, Sickert Paintings, November 1992-February 1993, no.101: this exhibition travelled to Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum (February-May 1993).
Brighton, Sussex Festival of Arts, Royal Pavilion, Sickert, June 1962, no.21.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Sickert, April-May 1963, no.18 (illustrated).
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Sickert, April-May 1967, no.6. Sydney, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sickert, May-June 1968, no.32.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, From Sickert to Sutherland, 1970, no.7.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Distinguished British Paintings, 1974, no.11.
Hull, Arts Council of Great Britain, Ferens Art Gallery, W.R. Sickert, December 1977-January 1978, no.52: this exhibition travelled to Glasgow, Art Gallery (February-March 1978); and Plymouth, City Art Gallery (April-May 1978).
Bath, Victoria Art Gallery, From Beardsley to Beaverbrook Portraits by Walter Richard Sickert, May-June 1990, no.33 (illustrated).
London, Royal Academy, Sickert Paintings, November 1992-February 1993, no.101: this exhibition travelled to Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum (February-May 1993).