Girl at a desk with an open book

Details

Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
Girl at a desk with an open book
signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis 1936' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
13½ x 9¾ in. (34.2 x 24.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 7 June 1985, lot 48, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The present composition is related to a painting entitled, The Reader (1936; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; see W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, no. P60, p. 341, pl. 129) and comes from a series of drawings of the artist's wife wearing a full-sleeved blouse (see P. Edwards, Wyndham Lewis Painter and Writer, Yale, 2000, p. 459, illustrated). Froanna Lewis is depicted wearing the same blouse in Red Portrait, sold in these Rooms on 9 June 2000, lot 83 (private collection).

We are grateful to Paul Edwards for his help preparing this catalogue entry.

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