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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: 29 cm
Width: 38 cm

Accession Number

D.1935.SC.16

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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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 57); Courtauld Gift 1935

Exhibition History

The Sculpted Nude: Aristide Maillol and Eric Gill, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/12/2003-29/02/2004

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

Watercolours, drawings and engravings from the Courtauld Collection (no catalogue), Nottingham University, 1969 ...More

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

Literature

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. 17

Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 165

Inscriptions

Watermark: Recto, left 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" and titled below that "Two girls & a mirror"; lower left corner, graphite, acc. no.: "16.35" and below that, graphite, artist's hand: "(9)K".

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