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Bathing women
Maker
(artist)
1882-1957
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
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
Keywords
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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