Harold Gilman (1876-1919)

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Harold Gilman (1876-1919)

Woman on a Bed

oil on canvas
14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.5cm.)

Painted circa 1912-3

Provenance

Given to Spencer Gore by the artist in the Winter of 1913 in an exchange of paintings, following their joint exhibition in 1913, thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, Harold Gilman, 1954, no.27
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Academy, Harold Gilman, Feb.-April 1982, ex.catalogue: this exhibition travelled to Stoke-on-Trent, City Museum and Art Gallery, Oct.-Nov. 1981; York, City Art Gallery, Nov. 1981- Jan. 1982, and Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Jan.-Feb. 1982

Lot Essay

The present work is related to, and indeed the model may be the same girl who posed for Gilman's Nudes of 1911-2; 'Nude seated on a Bed' (Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester), 'The Model Reclining Nude' (Arts Council of Great Britain), and 'Nude on a Bed' (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge). The identity of the girl is unknown but she may have been the 'chere amie' of Gilman who also modelled for Ethel Sands in 1912
(See A. Causey, Arts Council Exhibition Catalogue, 1981-2, p.53)

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