The Sloop Inn, St. Ives

Details

Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
The Sloop Inn, St. Ives
with colour notes (upper left edge)
pencil on paper laid on card
8 ¼ x 12 ¼ in. (21 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed in 1926.

Provenance

The artist's family, until 1959.
with Redfern Gallery, London, as 'The Ship Inn, St Ives', where purchased by Dr Leonard D. Hamilton on 12 June 1959, and by descent.

Exhibited

probably London, Redfern Gallery, Christopher Wood: The First Retrospective Exhibition since 1938, April - May 1959.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a a preparatory drawing for the oil The Sloop Inn, St Ives, 1926, in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery.

We are very grateful to Robert Upstone for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. Robert Upstone is the author of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Christopher Wood.

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