Live Auction 538920th Century British Art
David Bomberg (1890-1957)
Lot 37

David Bomberg (1890-1957)

Portrait of Annie Lou Staveley

Closed16 July 2008

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GBP 7,500

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David Bomberg (1890-1957)
Portrait of Annie Lou Staveley
signed and dated 'Bomberg 38' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
26 x 23 in. (66 x 58.4 cm.)

The sitter, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Annie Lou Staveley was an American who moved to England after marrying her English Professor. She was fascinated by the ideas of the Greco-Armenian mystic G.I. Gurdjieff. She studied his teachings and travelled to Paris numerous times to meet him. Staveley returned to America to set up her own Gurdjieff Work Centre, which is still active today.