GWEN JOHN (1876 - 1939):
WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS
November 16 - December 8, 2018

Girl with Long Hair in Blue Dress
Watercolor on paper, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
Stamped (at lower left): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Probably executed during the late 1910s
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018
DLA-3174
Blonde girl in blue dress, seated at an angle facing right
Sleeping tortoise-shell cat, curled up at upper left
Tortoise-shell cat seated adn bending down to clean belly on tan paper
Curled up Sleeping Tortoise-Shell Cat
Wash and pencil on paper, 8 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Executed 1904 – 1908 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-6307

Tortoise-Shell Cat Cleaning Itself
Gouache and pencil on paper, 6 15/16 x 6 3/8 inches
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018
DLA-3932

Cloaked Women
Pencil on paper, 6 3/2 x 5 inches
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Executed probably late 1910s – early 1920s
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-6308

Violet trees behind tan wall
Violet Foliage and Wall 
Gouache on paper, 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Executed probably late 1920s 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-6309

Man in hat and coat, seated with head resting on hand
Man Wearing Hat, in Railway Carriage
Pencil on paper, 6 3/8 4 15/16 inches 
Executed probably 1910s
Stamped (at lower left): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-4054

The exhibition will consist of twenty-five works on paper, all of which have just been released from the artist’s estate and have never been previously shown.

They include gouaches of women and children in church, drawings of the poet and critic Arthur Symons and of the artist’s friend Chloe Boughton-Leigh, images of peasant boys and girls, and watercolors of cats, still lifes, and landscapes.


Woman in green coat and black hat, seated and looking down with pink background
Woman in Green Coat and Black Hat
Gouache on paper, 8 13/16 x 6 7/8 inches 
Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Executed probably 1920s 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-3967
Faceless girl wearing brown cloak with tall wide-brimmed hat seated in front of lilac background
Girl in Wide-Brimmed Hat
Gouache on laid paper, 6 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches
Stamped (at lower left): Gwen John [estate stamp] 
Probably executed 1920s
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-4185
Whit eflowers with green leaves in blue and pink vase in front of brown wall with maroon curtain
Flowers and Foliage in Blue and Pink Vase
Gouache on paper, 7 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches
Stamped (at top left): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Executed probably late 1920s 
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
DLA-4203

Head of a Woman: Chloe Boughton-Leigh
Charcoal on paper, 8 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches 
Stamped (at lower left): Gwen John [estate stamp]
Ex coll. estate of the artist, until 2018 
Chloe Boughton-Leigh (1868 – 1947) met Gwen John in Paris in about 1907; their friendship continued until the artist’s death. DLA-3951

Bust of woman wearing wearing cloak
Bust and head of woman with short hair and bangs, looking down
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