Josephine Plummer

Details

WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
Josephine Plummer
oil on canvas
29 ½ x 19 ½ in. (75 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1939.

Provenance

The sitter, until at least 1980, and by descent.
with Mayor Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner circa 1998.

Literature

W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, pp. 97, 344, pl. 135.
J. Farrington, exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis, Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1980, p. 120, no. 149, illustrated.

Exhibited

Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, Wyndham Lewis, October - November 1980, no. 149: this exhibition travelled Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, November 1980 - January 1981; and Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, January - March 1981.
London, Olympia, Wyndham Lewis, March 2005, no. WL-127.

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Lot Essay

Josephine Whitehorn (née Plummer) was a producer for BBC Children's Hour in the late 1940s to mid-1950s. She was introduced to Lewis by E.W.F. Tomlin, the philosopher who also wrote a booklet on Lewis for the British Council and edited an Anthology of his prose.

We are very grateful to Professor Paul Edwards for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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