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Nude woman reclining on a leopard skin

Maker

(artist)
1882-1940

Title

Nude woman reclining on a leopard skin

Date of Production

(4 March) 1928

Medium

graphite on laid paper, with pinholes at all four corners

Dimensions

Height: 38.8 cm
Width: 58.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1932.SC.57

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.55 and D.1935.SC.16); Courtauld Gift 1932

Exhibition History

Eric Gill: The Body, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Ditchling, West Sussex, 06/05/2017-03/09/2017

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

Literature

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 167

Home House Trustees, A catalogue of the pictures and other works of art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London, London 1935
p. 43, no. 57

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, repeated at lower left and upper right: a branch with leaves and acorns.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, artist’s hand: “……. / or would you prefer / ……. on some other fur?”; lower right, graphite, signed and dated: “Eric G / 4.3.’28.”; lower left corner, graphite, “2” written over a “1”: “(2)K / (167)”. Verso: lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “H.H.57”.

Collector's mark: none.

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