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Untitled [Laying the Table]
Date
circa 1912
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Object Detail
Catalogue number
FH0518
Date
circa 1912
Brief Description
In 1909, Frances Hodgkins described a portrait she was painting of her friend Rosamond Marshall, preparing a salad in her hotel with a bonne (maid) in the background. In another version, Rosamond
is alone at the table, wearing a striking large hat, a stuffed bird skimming across its front. The handling of the objects across the front of the table is similar here, with a fine brush used for delicate outlines which are then filled in with broad washes.
Now, only the maid stands in the background, somewhat closed
off by the vase of flowers and bottles in front of her.
is alone at the table, wearing a striking large hat, a stuffed bird skimming across its front. The handling of the objects across the front of the table is similar here, with a fine brush used for delicate outlines which are then filled in with broad washes.
Now, only the maid stands in the background, somewhat closed
off by the vase of flowers and bottles in front of her.
Medium
watercolour, charcoal and gouache
Dimensions
506 x 485 mm
Collection
Institutional number
2007/8/20
Credit line
Auckland
Art
Gallery
Toi
o
Tāmaki,
gift
of
Maurice
and
Beverley
Allen,
2007
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France.
Purchased by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France, 2007.
Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France.
Purchased by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France, 2007.
Exhibition history