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Marguerite E. Lawrence (fl. 1903-19)
Estimate:
€1,500 - €2,000
Passed
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
24 by 20in. (61 by 50.8cm)
Description
Title: HEAD OF A WOMAN
Note: The Allied Artists Association was founded by Frank Rutter, art critic of The Sunday Times newspaper, in 1908.Its purpose was to provide a platform for the exhibition and promotion of modernist art in Britain.[1] The AAA organised exhibitions at various venues, most notably an annual salon, modelled partly on European Secessionist exhibitions, and particularly the Société des Artistes Indépendants in ParisThe Irish painter Paul Henry was a founder member of the AAA, along with the English post-impressionist painter Thomas William Marshall, and exhibited in its first exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall in 1908, along with Vanessa Bell. Later exhibitors included Percy Wyndham Lewis, Christopher Nevinson, Harold Gilman, Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Wadsworth and Herbert Read.
Note: The Allied Artists Association was founded by Frank Rutter, art critic of The Sunday Times newspaper, in 1908.Its purpose was to provide a platform for the exhibition and promotion of modernist art in Britain.[1] The AAA organised exhibitions at various venues, most notably an annual salon, modelled partly on European Secessionist exhibitions, and particularly the Société des Artistes Indépendants in ParisThe Irish painter Paul Henry was a founder member of the AAA, along with the English post-impressionist painter Thomas William Marshall, and exhibited in its first exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall in 1908, along with Vanessa Bell. Later exhibitors included Percy Wyndham Lewis, Christopher Nevinson, Harold Gilman, Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Wadsworth and Herbert Read.
Medium
oil on canvas in a feigned oval
Signature
original inscribed exhibition label on reverse with artist's name and address
Provenance
Whyte's, 27 May 2006, lot 272;Private collection
Exhibited
Allied Artist's Association, Royal Albert Hall, London, Annual Salon, date unknown (1908-1919)
