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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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