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Bathing women

Maker

(artist)
1882-1957

Title

Bathing women

Date of Production

1941 - 1942

Medium

coloured chalks on blue wove paper (the paper dyed with the pigment azurite)

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 26.5 cm

Accession Number

LD.2010.XX.12

Mode of Acquisition

The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust, loan, 3.12.2010

Credit

On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London

Copyright

© Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust. All rights reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

Wyndham Lewis purchased this paper from a drugstore near his hotel in Toronto, where he stayed throughout World War II. The paper was produced by a Canadian mill, which was one of the first in the country to synthesise wood pulp, rather than rags, into paper. This light-blue shade was created using azurite, a natural pigment found in many parts of the world. It enhances the striking hues of the bathers, picking their way across the shore into the blue water, evoked by the paper itself.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Drawn to Blue: Artists' use of Blue Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 04/10/2024-26/01/2025

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