Reclining female nude

Maker

(artist)
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

Accession Number

D.1935.SC.162

Mode of Acquisition

Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

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 According to Cooper 1954, this drawing was with the Goupil Gallery, and was purchased by Courtauld in 1929, though he couldn't confirm Courtauld bought it at Goupil, as the drawing itself is dated 1929 it seems likely this is the provenance. However we don't know Cooper's evidence either that this drawing was with Goupil (no exhibitions of Dobson were held in 1929), nor how he knew that Courtauld made the purchase in 1929. He did know Courtauld personally so it could have been verbal information.

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

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.

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