The Necklace and the Calix

Details

David Jones, C.H. (1895-1974)
The Necklace and the Calix
signed and dated 'David J./54' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'David Jones, 1954/Title: The Necklace & the Calix' (on the reverse), signed again, inscribed again and dated again 'The Necklace and the Calix/David Jones/1954.' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard)
pencil, crayon, watercolour and gouache
30 x 22 ¾ in. (76.2 x 58 cm.)

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh Fraser, M.P., and by descent.

Exhibited

Aberystwyth, Welsh Arts Council, National Library of Wales, David Jones: an exhibition of paintings, drawings and engravings, July - August 1954, no. 74: this exhibition travelled to Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, August - September 1954; Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, October 1954; Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, November - December 1954; and London, Tate Gallery, December 1954 - January 1955.
London, National Book League, David Jones: Word and Image IV, February - March 1972, no. 125, as 'The Chalice and the Necklace'.
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, David Jones: Writings and Drawings, December 1972, as 'The Chalice and the Necklace'.
London, Tate Gallery, David Jones, July - September 1981, no. 136: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, September - October 1981; and Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, October - December 1981.

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Lot Essay

'Between 1949 and the mid 1950s Jones made a number of drawings of flowers in a glass chalice on a table in front of the window of his room in Northwick Lodge ... He liked to use 'Calix', Latin for chalice, in his titles because of its association with the botanical calix or calyx' (see exhibition catalogue, op. cit., 1981, p. 119).

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