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Two girls and a mirror

Maker

(artist)
1882-1940

Title

Two girls and a mirror

Date of Production

(4 March) 1928

Medium

graphite with stumping on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 38.5 cm
Width: 29.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1932.SC.55

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

exhibited by the artist at Goupil Gallery (London), March 1928; purchased there by Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) (£27 6s, with D.1932.SC.57 and D.1935.SC.16); Courtauld Gift 1932

Exhibition History

Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, 1977-79

Eric Gill: sculptures and drawings, Goupil Gallery, London, 1928 (Mar.)

Literature

Yorke, Malcolm, Eric Gill: man of flesh and spirit, London 1981
illus. p. p. 142

Drawings from the Courtauld, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Ports, 1977-79
cat. no. 18

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 166
as 'Two nudes' ...More

Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
no. 55
as 'Two nudes' ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: lower centre: branch from an oak tree with leaves and acorns.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signed and dated: “EricG. 4.3.’28”; lower left corner, graphite, titled by the artist: “4(K) Two girls and a mirror”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “H.H.55”.

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