Live Auction 21949Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
Lot 254 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT WEST COAST COLLECTION

GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)

Portrait of a Lady Reclining

Closed22 March 2023

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GBP 56,700

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GWEN JOHN (1876-1939)
Portrait of a Lady Reclining
pencil and watercolour on paper
7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.7 x 26 cm.)
Executed circa 1910.

Lord Hartwell, M.B.E., T.D.
His estate sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2002, lot 123, where purchased by Davis & Langdale, London.
Purchased by the present owner at the 2004 exhibition.

Specialist note

This model is the subject of a number of drawings by Gwen John which were all done at much the same time. Whilst the identity of the sitter has never been established, it is probable that she is Maude Boughton-Leigh. Maude Boughton-Leigh (c.1881- 1945), called Grilda, was a friend of John in Paris and was herself an artist. Her sister Chloë was also the subject of several paintings and drawings by the artist.

We are very grateful to Cecily Langdale for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.