WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
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WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)

Iris Barry Seated

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WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957)
Iris Barry Seated
signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis 1921.' (lower right)
ink and watercolour on paper
12 1/2 x 13 1/8 in. (31.8 x 33.3 cm.)
Executed in 1921.
Provenance
with James Graham & Son, New York, 1973.
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by the present owner in September 1988.
Literature
W. Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings, London, 1971, p. 379, no. 496, pl. 49, as 'Woman Seated in an Armchair'.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: The Twenties, London, Anthony d'Offay, 1984, n.p., no. 7, illustrated, as Lady Seated in an Armchair'.
Exhibition catalogue, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, New York, Washburn Gallery, 1985, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1987, n.p., no. 86, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay, Wyndham Lewis: The Twenties, September - October 1984, no. 7, as 'Lady Seated in an Armchair'.
New York, Washburn Gallery, Wyndham Lewis: The Early Decades, September - October 1985, exhibition not numbered.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, British Modernist Art: 1905-1930, November 1987 - January 1988, no. 86.
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

Iris Barry (1895-1969) was a writer and film critic who helped establish the original London Film Society, and was the first curator of the film department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Barry lived with Wyndham Lewis from 1918-21 and they had two children together. Lewis bought the dress that Barry wears in this drawing of her. He produced several drawings of her wearing it, culminating in the large painting Praxitella, 1921 (Leeds, City Art Gallery).

We are very grateful to Paul Edwards for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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