λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961)
PORTRAIT OF ROBIN
Oil and pencil on panel
Signed (lower left)
48.5 x 27cm (19 x 10½ in.)
Painted circa 1910-14.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Mr and Mrs Andre de Lemur
Private Collection, Charles and Eleanor "Nonie" de Limur, San Francisco (a gift from the above in 1957)
Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 171
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
The present painting belongs to the period 1910 -1914 when the family spent periods at Martigues, a fishing village on the Etang de Berre, a series of saltwater lagoons near Marseille in southern France. Portrait of Robin is typical of John's output during this period - he would draw directly onto the panel and paint at speed, leaving small areas of bare wood and pencil showing. These panels are among some of his most sought after works. Robin was born in 1904 and was Augustus's third son with his first wife, Ida.
We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961)
PORTRAIT OF ROBIN
Oil and pencil on panel
Signed (lower left)
48.5 x 27cm (19 x 10½ in.)
Painted circa 1910-14.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Mr and Mrs Andre de Lemur
Private Collection, Charles and Eleanor "Nonie" de Limur, San Francisco (a gift from the above in 1957)
Christie's, London, 21 November 2013, lot 171
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
The present painting belongs to the period 1910 -1914 when the family spent periods at Martigues, a fishing village on the Etang de Berre, a series of saltwater lagoons near Marseille in southern France. Portrait of Robin is typical of John's output during this period - he would draw directly onto the panel and paint at speed, leaving small areas of bare wood and pencil showing. These panels are among some of his most sought after works. Robin was born in 1904 and was Augustus's third son with his first wife, Ida.
We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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