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Dorothy Hepworth (1894-1978)
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Dorothy Hepworth (1894-1978)

The Thames at Cookham

Details
Dorothy Hepworth (1894-1978)
The Thames at Cookham
oil on canvasboard
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm.)
Provenance
the artist's studio sale, Christie's London, 2 April 1984, Lot 12.
Exhibited
London, The Bloomsbury Workshop, October 1991.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

Dorothy Hepworth was the lover of Stanley Spencer's second wife, Patrica Preece. Many of the works attributed to Preece are believed to be by Dorothy Hepworth. Such trickery also fooled Augustus John who declared Preece as one of England's best living woman artist's, better even than his own sister Gwen.

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