Hubby seated
Maker
(artist)
1860-1942
1860-1942
Title
Hubby seated
Date of Production
(circa) 1912
Medium
black (synthetic?) chalk, black wash, white bodycoluor on wove paper, now quite browned in the pictorial area, framed in graphite
Dimensions
Height: 34.2 cm
Width: 32.2 cm
Width: 32.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1982.LB.2
Mode of Acquisition
Lillian Browse, gift, 1982
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
‘Hubby’ appears in many of Sickert’s compositions at this time, his solid and portly frame dominating the character of these works. Sickert first employed him as an odd-job man in 1911 but he soon became one of the artist’s favoured models and Sickert enjoyed Hubby’s colourful personality. This sketch is related to a painting in which a female figure appears on the iron bed in the background. Here, her cropped outline can be seen on the right-hand side of the sheet.
Provenance
Lillian Browse Gift 1982
Exhibition History
Special Display - Works by Sickert, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 05/10/2007-20/01/2008
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983
Literature
Baron, Wendy, Sickert: paintings and drawings, New Haven and London, 2006
no. 394.3
ill. on p. 395?
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 66
no. 394.3
ill. on p. 395?
A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 66
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink: "Hubby."; lower right, red ink, signed: "Sickert".
Label: Printed, from Roland, Browse and Delbanco (see Acquisition) with handwritten inscription: "Hubby/Walter Richard Sickert".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, black ink: "Hubby."; lower right, red ink, signed: "Sickert".
Label: Printed, from Roland, Browse and Delbanco (see Acquisition) with handwritten inscription: "Hubby/Walter Richard Sickert".
Collector's mark: none.
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