Family group; and a study of Ida holding a baby

Details

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Family group; and a study of Ida holding a baby
signed 'John' (lower centre)
pen and ink and brown wash
9 x 10 in. (22.9 x 25.4 cm.)

Literature

J. Rothenstein, Augustus John, London, 1944, no. 74 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

The current study depicts Ida and Dorelia standing in contrapposto with two children, with Ida holding a baby to the right. John executed several of these ink and wash studies in preparation for a large oil painting entitled Family Group of 1908 which is in the Dublin City Art Gallery. A similar study is illustrated in L. Browse, Augustus John Drawings, London, 1941, no. 6.

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