Wyndham LewisNigel Tangye 1946

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Artist
Wyndham Lewis (1882‑1957)
Title
Nigel Tangye
Date 1946
MediumOil paint on canvas
Dimensionssupport: 967 x 917 mm frame: 1150 x 1100 x 85 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Presented by Mr and Mrs E.W.F. Tomlin 1985
Reference
T04118
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Wyndham Lewis 1882-1957

T04118 Nigel Tangye1946

Oil on canvas 967 x 917 (38 x 36 1/8)
Inscribed ‘Wyndham Lewis 1946' b.l.
Presented by Mr and Mrs E.W.F. Tomlin 1985
Prov:Commissioned from the artist by Ann Todd for her husband Nigel Tangye; sold Sotheby's 7 April 1971, lot 62; bt private collection, London, from which purchased by Mr and Mrs Tomlin 1972
Exh: Wyndham Lewis, Tate Gallery, July-August 1956 (154)
Lit: Nigel Tangye, The Story of Glendorgal, a Personal View, 1962, p.57; John Rothenstein, Time's Thievish Progress, 1970, p.35; Walter Michel, Wyndham Lewis: Paintings and Drawings, 1971, p.345 (no.123), pl.148; Richard Humphreys, ‘Cover Illustration. Nigel Tangye, 1946 (Tate Gallery)', Enemy News, 25, winter 1987, pp.4-5 (repr… (read more)

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