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Lot 218

Isabel Rawsthorne, British 1912-1992 - Baboon; oil on canvas, signed with monogram lower right,...

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Lot 218

Isabel Rawsthorne, 
British 1912-1992 - 
Baboon; 
oil on canvas, signed with monogram lower right,...

Starting Bid: £5,500

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

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Isabel Rawsthorne, 
British 1912-1992 - 

Baboon; 

oil on canvas, signed with monogram lower right, 77 x 52 cm (unframed) (ARR) 

Provenance: 
Private collection and thence by descent 

Note: 
the artist was known variously as Isabel Nicholas, Isabel Delmer and Isabel Lambert. 

This work relates to the 'Baboon and Child, c.1964’ now in the Tate Collection and reflects the unique language of figurative painting Rawsthorne developed alongside her friends Francis Bacon and Peter Rose Pulham in the Post-War period. Bacon and Rawsthorne would go on to share an exhibition at the Hanover Gallery in 1949 and their relationship was a major feature of the recent exhibition 'Francis Bacon: Human Presence' at the National Portrait Gallery.

Rawsthorne had made sketches at London Zoo throughout her life and in 1947 was elected Zoological Society of London Fellow. Like Bacon she was drawn to the baboon as a reflection of man's animalistic nature, here the vigorous yet delicate brushwork evoking a tension between physicality and fragility. Rawsthorne returned to the theme in the 1960s as a result of her experiences working at the Zaria Art School in Nigeria. 

Alongside her painting, Rawsthorne is celebrated for her position in European cultural circles across the 20th century, being associated with and depicted by figures including Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti and André Derain. 

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