Images: donated by owner and reproduced with permission.
The canvas appears to have been cut from a larger piece and glued to a second piece of canvas, with a thin ruled line visible along the edge in places, a characteristic also noted in New-risen Hope (Tate).
‘Nude in landscape’ is written in modern marker pen on the back of frame and the canvas has been relined.
- Media: oil on canvas.
- Dimensions: 615 x 225 mm (0.14 m²), unframed.
- History: auctioned [Christie’s, early 1980s, having been placed there by a descendant of Annie’s extended family,] and bought by playright and art dealer George Hulme; acquired [in the 1990s] by an acquaintance of Mr Hulme, a London antiques dealer, who sold it by auction 24 Apr 2018. [Information square brackets from personal recollections of owner and uncertain.]
- Location: private collection.
The Melbourne New-risen Hope has a butterfly on the child’s chest, a motif also present in the Nude in landscape sketch.
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