Live Auction 7591British Art on Paper
Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Lot 79

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

Seated woman, half-nude

Closed4 June 2008

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GBP 1,250

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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Seated woman, half-nude
signed 'John' (lower right)
charcoal on buff paper
8¾ x 12 in. (22.2 x 30.5 cm.)

with Adelson Galleries, New York, January 1998, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The present sketch is a study for the seated nude in Confidences, one of the largest and most finished oil sketches of groups of nudes made by John. The present drawing is a study from life, drawn after the composition had been worked out in sketches from the imagination. For the oil painting and another related sketch, see A. D. Fraser Jenkins, exhibition catalogue, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions, Cardiff, 1978., nos. 25 & 26.