Augustus John, O.M., R.A.

Lady N. Hulton, London
Hamilton Galleries, London
Annely Juda Fine Art, London

The work is on wove paper which has not been laid down. The sheet is adhered to the mount by a piece of adhesive tape which is attached to the upper edge. The sheet is slightly stained along the edges of the mount but is in good overall condition. There are one or two minor marks of surface dirt in the corners of the sheet but the surface is in good overall condition. Held under glass and presented within a cream mount in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Executed in 1909.

This is another version of a pencil drawing, Portrait of an Argentine Lady, illustrated in Sir John Rothenstein's Augustus John: Paintings and Drawings, Phaidon, Oxford and London, 1946, p.19.

We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.