Half length, holding a palette and brushes

Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Festival Exhibition, Paintings from N. E. Homes (details untraced);
Venice, 17th International Venice Biennale, 1930, cat. no.57.

Colour Magazine, July 1918, illustrated.

Original canvas. The upper right corner undulates very slightly and there is a minor frame abrastion. There are a few hairline cracks about the artist's head and a small area of craquelure to the right of the artist's shoulder and one or two further minor cracks in places across the canvas. Under ultraviolet light there is a small area of retouching near the centre of the right hand edge, which appears to relate to a previous a area of paint loss. Held in a gilt plaster frame. Please telephone the department on 0207 293 6424 if you have any questions about the present work.
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