Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, where acquired by Dorothy Elmhirst, 16th May 1944 for £52.10.0
Gifted by Dorothy Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, 25th March 1965

Paris, British Council, Artistic Forum: Nine Artists Exhibition, 1945 - 1946, cat. no.10, with tour to Marseilles, Prague, Brno and Bratislava;
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Modern Art Loan Exhibition, 1960, cat. no.10;
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) Centenary Exhibition, April - November 1969 (not listed in the catalogue), with tour to Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christ Church, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Auckland City Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and Commonwealth Institute Gallery, London;
Colchester, The Minories, Frances Hodgkins the Late Work, 10th November 1990 - 5th January 1991, cat. no.37, with tour to Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Oriel 31, Welshpool & Newton, and Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield;
Dartington Hall, High Cross House, 2005 - 2010.

Arthur Rowland Howell and Mary Chamot, Frances Hodgkins, Four Vital Years, London, 1951, p.102 (dated as 1946).

The work is on a light grey tinted sheet which has been laid down unto the backboard, presumably when new. It is in generally sound condition, although there is some scuffing and minor tears to all the sheet edges, pinholes to all four corners and some slight water staining which is however consistent with the artist's free working methods. In the central right hand section there is some cracking to an area of thickly painted gouache, otherwise there appears to be no obvious flaking or loss. Held under glass in a red and gilt tinted frame with a rust coloured mount. Please telephone the department on 0207 293 6424 if you have any questions about the present work.
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