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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.19
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Thérèse Lessore
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Study of Christine Angus
Alternate Title: Head of a Girl
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1927
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12891

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions
37.8 x 28.9 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: Rd. Sickert A.R.A.
  • inscription: verso of mount, graphite, upper left: Pencil + Ink / Signed / [illegible] the Wyndham T. Vint Collection

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Wyndham T. Vint, Bradford, England. Mrs. V.A. Parker. [Christie's, London, 4 March 1932, lot 8], sold; to Sir William and Lady Jowitt, sold; [Sotheby's, London, 8 March 1996, lot 25]. [Christie's South Kensington, London, 14 October 2004, lot 31, repr.]. [Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, Calne, Wiltshire, 27 August 2005], sold; to 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
2009.90.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Study for "Portrait of a Woman - Therese Lessore(?)," Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Publication History

  • Wendy Baron, Sickert Paintings and Drawings, Yale University Press (New Haven and London, 2006), no. 684

Verification Level

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