Augustus John O.M. R.A., 1878-1961

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

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Description

Augustus John O.M. R.A.
portrait of frau lally horstmann
oil on canvas
120x80.5cm.; 47¼x31¾in.

Provenance

The artist's estate
Dr and Mrs Jules Stein, New York

Literature

Augustus John, Chiaroscuro - Fragments of Autobiography, Jonathan Cape, London 1952, p. 209

Catalogue Note

This work was painted in Berlin circa 1922-23. The artist later remembered his friend Lally Horstmann, who modelled for him frequently during his time in Berlin, as seeming 'to have imported her air of inscrutability from the Far East'.