Flowering Cactus
Date
1933
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Object Detail
Catalogue number
FH1052
Date
1933
Brief Description
The Mediterranean coast boasts a profusion of flowering cacti which continue to bloom when most flowers have finished for the season. The dabbing brush marks in this work aligns it with a number of animal studies that Hodgkins produced while in Ibiza in 1933.
Medium
gouache on paper
Inscription
Signed lower right: Frances Hodgkins; inscribed lower left: 'Flowering Cactus'
Collection
Credit line
Collection
of
Garry
Simons
Margaret
Almao
Subject place
Provenance
Lady Charlotte Bonham Carter, purchased from the Lefevre Gallery, London, England, 1933.
Jillian Jason Gallery, London, England.
Sir Ivor and Lady Richardson Collection, Wellington, New Zealand, purchased from Gillian Jason Gallery, London, England, Oct 1991.
Sold at Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, New Zealand, auction "The Sir Ivor Richardson Art Collection," 22 Mar 2006, lot no. 51.
Private Collection, Wellington, New Zealand.
Purchased by current owner at International Art Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, auction 09 Apr 2019, lot no. 36.
Jillian Jason Gallery, London, England.
Sir Ivor and Lady Richardson Collection, Wellington, New Zealand, purchased from Gillian Jason Gallery, London, England, Oct 1991.
Sold at Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, New Zealand, auction "The Sir Ivor Richardson Art Collection," 22 Mar 2006, lot no. 51.
Private Collection, Wellington, New Zealand.
Purchased by current owner at International Art Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, auction 09 Apr 2019, lot no. 36.