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Sketch for the portrait of Fela, the artist's cousin

Maker

(artist)
1890-1966

Title

Sketch for the portrait of Fela, the artist's cousin

Date of Production

1957

Medium

charcoal on blue (now faded and discoloured) wove paper, discoloured at centre from former frame with a small window

Dimensions

Height: 44.7 cm
Width: 34.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1987.XX.3

Mode of Acquisition

Janet Gotlib, gift, 1987

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Estate of the artist

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Given by the artist's widow, Janet Gotlib, Hove (1911-2001), 1987

Inscriptions

Watermark: unable to check as paper is too thick.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, charcoal, signed: “GOTLIB”. Verso: centre, graphite: “327” and “1957”.

Collector's mark: none.

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