Seated Woman, Ka Cox
Standing male nude with raised arms (verso)

Maker

(Artists)
1885-1978

Title

Seated Woman, Ka Cox
Standing male nude with raised arms (verso)

Date of Production

c. 1912

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 94.8 cm (panel)
Width: 53 cm (panel)

Accession Number

P.1935.RF.183

Mode of Acquisition

Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2023

Location

On display

Keywords




Label Text

Ka (Katherine) Cox first met Duncan Grant in 1911 and became a close friend of several members of the Bloomsbury Group including the writer Virginia Woolf. She was a member of the so-called 'Neo-Pagans', a group of friends who advocated rustic values and the simple life. Duncan Grant painted her several times. Here he has utilized a piece of old wood, perhaps part of a door, on the back of which he painted a standing male nude. The portrait was one of six works which Grant contributed to the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, organised by Roger Fry at the Grafton Galleries in London in 1912.

Provenance

Roger Fry (1866 - 1934); Gift of the Roger Fry Trustees, 1935

Exhibition History

Courtauld Connects Regional Programme, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 17/06/2022-16/10/2022

Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017

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