THE PEGGY HICKMAN COLLECTION OF SILHOUETTES
Peggy Hickman (1905-1986) first became interested in silhouettes when she worked for Henry Truell in his gallery in the Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, which specialised in glass and silhouettes. Her enthusiasm grew as she researched the history of each artist and the methods they used. She scoured the antique shops in the hunt for more examples and spent hours investigating the identities of the sitters as well as gathering more information on the artists.
She shared her increasingly formidable knowledge with fellow enthusiasts through the numerous articles and books she published and also in a major exhibition she organised at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 1972, which brought to the attention of a wider audience this intriguing and much neglected art form.
In recent years her collection has been on loan to Pallant House, Chichester.
Honoria Marsh (fl. circa 1968-1974)
Details
Honoria Marsh (fl. circa 1968-1974)
Mrs Peggy Hickman, profile to left in yellow jersey, a silhouette brooch pinned to her scarf
on card, signed on the obverse, and reverse and dated 25 April 1968, wood frame
rectangular, 4 1/2in. (110mm.) high
Mrs Peggy Hickman, profile to left in yellow jersey, a silhouette brooch pinned to her scarf
on card, signed on the obverse, and reverse and dated 25 April 1968, wood frame
rectangular, 4 1/2in. (110mm.) high
Literature
Hickman, 1971, fig. 82.1, p. 152
Exhibited
Foyles Art Gallery, London, August 1971