Live Auction 638420th Century British Art
Nina Hamnett (1890-1956)
Lot 424

Nina Hamnett (1890-1956)

Portrait of Edward Wolfe

Closed12 July 2012

Price Realised

GBP 8,750

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Nina Hamnett (1890-1956)
Portrait of Edward Wolfe
signed with initials and dated 'N.H./18.' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'Portrait. Edward WOLFE/by NINA HAMNETT' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
24 x 19¾ in. (60.5 x 50.2 cm.)

with Alfred Willey, where purchased in 1938.

Specialist note

Edward Wolfe (1897-1982) was born and brought up in South Africa. He moved to London in 1916 to study at the Slade (1916-1918). Nina Hamnett asked him to join the Omega Workshops in 1917 and he first exhibited with them in 1918 at the time when this work was painted.