Nude woman reclining on a leopard skin
Maker
(artist)
1882-1940
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
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.)
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
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.
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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