Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Lot 50

Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)

Portrait of W.J. Turner (1889-1946), half-length, with his arms folded

Closed16 June 2010

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GBP 100

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Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
Portrait of W.J. Turner (1889-1946), half-length, with his arms folded
signed with initials and dated 'WR 1921' (lower right)
red chalk heightened with white chalk, on buff coloured oatmeal paper
13 3/8 x 10 in. (34 x 25.4 cm.)

Specialist note

Walter James Redfern Turner was born in Melbourne, Australia, but emigrated to England to pursue a career in writing, as both a poet and a biographer of musicians such as Mozart and Beethoven. He formed close friendships with a number of famous literary figures such as Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West and Siegfried Sasson.