Live Auction 532520th Century British & Irish Art Day Sale
Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
Lot 222

Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

Mother and Child

Closed24 May 2012

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GBP 17,500

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Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
Mother and Child
oil on canvas, unframed
21½ x 18 1/8 in. (54.6 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1924.

The artist, and by descent to the artist's sister Elizabeth Dalziel-Smith (née Wood), from whom purchased by the present owner, circa 1978.

Specialist note

This relatively early work by Christopher Wood was painted in 1924, when he was living and working in Paris. In Mother and Child Wood demonstrates the influence of both the Fauves artists, Henri Matisse and André Derain, and the pointillist style of Seurat, upon his work. In the present painting Wood has observed the complimentary juxtaposition of the blue and orange pigments to enliven the composition, and this is indicative of his instinctive understanding of colour and harmony.