Live Auction 7591British Art on Paper
Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Lot 78

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Study of a female nude (recto); Standing nude (verso)

Closed4 June 2008

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GBP 6,250

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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Study of a female nude (recto); Standing nude (verso)
with signature 'John' (lower left)
brown conte crayon on buff paper
11¼ x 17 in. (28.6 x 43.2 cm.)

Purchased by the present owner, October 2000.

Specialist note

The model in the present drawing appears in similar poses in two oil paintings see Sotheby's, London, 5 September 1992, lot 38 and 1 December 1999 lot 24, which probably date from the 1920s. A drawing of the same model is illustrated in L. Browse, Augustus John Drawings, London, 1941, no. 61, although the date for this drawing is given as 1940.