Two Hatted Women in Church

细节

Gwen John (1876-1939)
Two Hatted Women in Church
with stamped signature 'Gwen John' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (21.3 x 16.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1920s.
This work is recorded with the estate number E.J. 1153.

来源

The Estate of the Artist.
Davis & Langdale, New York (DLA 1927), where purchased by the present owner in 1993.

展览

New York, Davis & Langdale, Gwen John (1876-1939): Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, April - May 1993, no. 29.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The quiet, predominantly female congregation of the Meudon church was one of Gwen John's favourite subjects. She executed many watercolours from the early 1910s until she ceased working twenty years later. She would sit unobtrusively at the back of the church sketching in pencil, adding watercolour and bodycolour later in the studio. The resultant works are both profound and intimate.