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Reclining female nude
Maker
(artist)
1888-1963
1888-1963
Title
Reclining female nude
Date of Production
1929
Medium
graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 35.7 cm
Width: 50.8 cm
Width: 50.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1935.SC.162
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© estate of Frank Owen Dobson
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
probably acquired directly from the artist by Goupil Gallery (London); probably purchased there by Samuel Courtauld, London (1876-1947), 1929; Samuel Courtauld Gift 1935
Exhibition History
The Nude: 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints, Morley Gallery, London, 10/04/1975-24/05/1975
Literature
The Nude: 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Prints, Morley Gallery, London, 1975
cat. no. 23
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 162
cat. no. 23
Cooper, Douglas, The Courtauld Collection, London 1954
no. 162
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite, signed and dated: “FDobson/29”; lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “35.35 (162)”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “5 P / 6 B / Draw” and below that “Dobson”; centre, graphite: “Plain Oak ½ […] / no mount”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite, signed and dated: “FDobson/29”; lower left corner, graphite, former acc. no.: “35.35 (162)”. Verso: upper left corner, graphite: “5 P / 6 B / Draw” and below that “Dobson”; centre, graphite: “Plain Oak ½ […] / no mount”.
Collector's mark: none.
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