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Sketchbook - studies from a music hall

Maker

(artist)
1860-1942

Title

Sketchbook - studies from a music hall

Date of Production

(circa) 1888

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 5.6 cm
Width: 7.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1962.WF.4710

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Fund, purchase, 1962

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



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Provenance

given by the artist's executors to his brother-in-law, R.J. Macdonald; given by him to C.L. Townley, December 1945; his sale, Sotheby's (London), October 1962, lot 320; purchased there by Alister Mathews, Dorset (1907-1985); purchased from him via the Witt Fund, 1962

Literature

Laughton, Bruce, Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942, Oxford, 1971
pp. 35-36
pls 71-76

Inscriptions

Inscription: Letter, mounted with the sketchbook, graphite: “(To be kept) 320 of CGr [?] / Pocket Sketch Book / left by Wilson Steer / the great artist to his friend + / artist JMacdonald who gave it / to me. CL Townley.”. Letter, mounted with sketchbook, black ink: “Speedwell Cottage / Tewin Wood / Herts- / 18th Dec 1945 / Dear Townley, / Herewith is another / Tom Thumb. + heading + I hope / they are alright. / With this I send you in place of / a Christmas card a little sketch / book of Wilson Steer's two of which / were given to me with his water / colour box + brushes by his executors. / It is of the period when he + Sickert / worked together (Camden Town I think). / + the contents are little notes he made / at a music hall, which I thought / would make it have an added interest / for you. / Anyway I send it with my best wishes / for Christmas + the new Year + as / an acknowledgment of much kindness. / Yours very sincerely / JMacdonald”.

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