Lot Essay
The present work was probably painted at Tangiers.
The Yellow Hat (Mrs Geoffrey Garrat)
Details
Edward Wolfe, R.A. (1897-1982)
The Yellow Hat (Mrs Geoffrey Garrat)
signed 'Wolfe' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
31½ x 25¼ in. (80 x 64 cm.)
Painted in 1933.
The Yellow Hat (Mrs Geoffrey Garrat)
signed 'Wolfe' (lower right)
oil on canvas-board
31½ x 25¼ in. (80 x 64 cm.)
Painted in 1933.
Provenance
Norman Hutchinson.
with Mayor Gallery, London.
with Mayor Gallery, London.
Literature
J. Russell Taylor, Edward Wolfe, London, 1986, p. 179, pl. 160.
Exhibited
London, Arts Council, Arts Council Gallery, Edward Wolfe a retrospective exhibition of paintings & drawings, May - June 1967, no. 36: this exhibition travelled to Norwich, Castle Museum, July 1967; Wolverhampton, Art Gallery, August 1967; and Derby, Art Gallery, September 1967.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Contemporary Portrait Society Exhibition, 1974, no. 74.
London, Edward Harvane Gallery, A Homage to Duncan Grant, 1975, no. 43.
London, Phillips, The Ben Uri Story, 2001, no. 76: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Contemporary Portrait Society Exhibition, 1974, no. 74.
London, Edward Harvane Gallery, A Homage to Duncan Grant, 1975, no. 43.
London, Phillips, The Ben Uri Story, 2001, no. 76: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh.
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Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present work was illustrated on the front cover of Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley, published by Flamingo Modern Classics.
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