Live Auction 5969Victorian & British Impressionist Art
Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877-1970)
Lot 67

Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877-1970)

Chloe

Closed13 December 2012

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GBP 6,250

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Dame Laura Knight, R.A. (1877-1970)
Chloe
black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic, on paper
14¼ x 9 5/8 in. (36.2 x 24.5 cm.); with an autograph greetings card addressed to the first owners from the artist, dated 18 December 1957, illustrated with a pen and black ink sketch of a circus clown and horse (2)

From the artist to Mr and Mrs Davies, of Lanfawr, by 28 December 1957.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, Oxford, 14 June 2005, lot 58.

Specialist note

In 1926 Laura joined her husband who was carrying out portrait commissions in Baltimore, USA. Arising from the artist's great friendship with William S. Baer, the orthopedic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital, Knight gained consent to go round the wards in the hospital and execute drawings and sketches, resulting in the present portrait illustrating one of the nurses.

We are grateful to John Croft for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.