Two girls and a mirror
Maker
(artist)
1882-1940
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
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.)
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
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”.
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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