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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.11
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Seated Woman, Study for "Suspense"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1916-1917
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12825

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and graphite, squared in red ink, on cream modern laid paper
Dimensions
45.1 x 30.8 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., brown ink: Sickert
  • watermark: INGRES
  • inscription: verso, upper right, blue pencil: 10 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 22 x 16
  • inscription: verso, lower right, blue pencil: 120 [crossed out]
  • label: formerly back of frame, typed: "Suspense" by R. W. Sickert. / (Bt Leicester Gall. 1943)
  • label: formerly back of frame, typed: R.B.A. Exhibition Autumn 1943 / Study for 'Suspense' by W.R. Sickert. / Exhibitor Lord Methuen, / 6 Primrose Hill Studios, NWI.
  • label: formerly back of frame, typed: "Treasures from W. Country Collections" / Exhibition City Art Gall., Bristol, / September 1967. / Name of Artist: WALTER SICKERT. / Title: "SUSPENSE". / Value for Insurance: £250. / Lender: Lord Methuen, R.A., / Corsham Court, Corsham, Wiltshire.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Leicester Galleries, London] sold; to Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen, London and Wiltshire, 1943 (per label from back of frame). [Christie's South Kensington, London, 30 June 2005, lot 20, repr.]. [Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, Calne, Wiltshire, 11 October 2005]. Patricia Cornwell, gift; to Harvard Art Museum, 2009

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Wendy Baron, Sickert, Phaidon (London, England, 1973), under cat. no. 356.1
  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), no. 459.5
  • Lou Klepac, Sickert Drawings: The Painter's Eye, The Beagle Press (Sydney, 2022), pp. 189, 224, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Autumn Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 09/01/1943 - 12/31/1943
  • Treasures from West Country Collections, City Art Gallery, Bristol, Bristol, 09/01/1967 - 09/30/1967

Verification Level

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