Woman Sewing
Date
circa 1929
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Object Detail
Catalogue number
FH0837
Date
circa 1929
Brief Description
The light and textures in this drawing are so closely observed that the circumstances of the drawing are immediate – a warm and cosy room at night when two friends are doing what they enjoy. One friend is sewing while the other is drawing her at work. (Intimate Portraits, 2005)
Medium
pencil
Dimensions
295 x 403 mm
Inscription
Signed lower left: Frances Hodgkins
Collection
Institutional number
1999/10
Credit line
Auckland
Art
Gallery
Toi
o
Tāmaki,
gift
of
the
Friends
of
the
Auckland
Art
Gallery
in
appreciation
of
Jocelyn
Lowe's
service
to
the
Society,
1999
Provenance
Lucy Wertheim, London, England.
Private Collection, Auckland, New Zealand, purchased from Piccadilly Gallery, London, England, March 1975.
Mr Bernard Waters, Auckland, New Zealand.
On loan to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand, 1985.
Purchased by the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1999.
Private Collection, Auckland, New Zealand, purchased from Piccadilly Gallery, London, England, March 1975.
Mr Bernard Waters, Auckland, New Zealand.
On loan to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand, 1985.
Purchased by the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1999.