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Dame Ethel Walker, British 1861-1951 - The Mirror; oil on canvas, 30.8 x 20.5 cm Provenance:
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Dame Ethel Walker,
British 1861-1951 -
The Mirror;
oil on canvas, 30.8 x 20.5 cm
Provenance:
Price Realised: £7,872
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
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Lot 113
Description
Dame Ethel Walker,
British 1861-1951 -
The Mirror;
oil on canvas, 30.8 x 20.5 cm
Provenance:
with The Redfern Gallery, London (according to the inscribed label attached to the reverse);
Robert Solomon, purchased from the above on the 4th February 1927 (according to the inscription on the label attached to the reverse);
Private Collection
Note:
the artist had her first solo exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in 1927, making it possible this work appeared in this show.
This is classic example of Walker's style, with its subtle gradations of chalky paint and quiet, almost breathless atmosphere. The intimate handling of the scene and the gentle contrast between fluid paint and bare contract are reminiscent of French artists such as Edouard Vuillard. Other works on this theme are in public collections including the Government Art Collection, Manchester Art Gallery and The Courtauld, London.
The artist exhibited widely in the UK during her lifetime and was the subject of a major retrospective at the Tate in 1951, alongside her contemporaries Gwen John and Frances Hodgkins and organised by John Rothenstein. More recently, her work was central to Tate Britain's 'Queer British Art 1861-1967' in 2017.
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