Ambrose McEvoyThe Ferry 1909

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Artist
Ambrose McEvoy (1878‑1927)
Title
The Ferry
Date 1909
MediumOil paint on canvas
Dimensionssupport: 794 x 578 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased 1930
Reference
N04496
Not on display

Catalogue entry

N04496 THE FERRY 1909

Not inscribed.
Canvas, 31 1/2×22 1/4 (79×57·5).
Purchased from the artist's widow (Clarke Fund) 1930.
Exh: N.E.A.C., summer 1909 (36).

This is the left-hand only of the painting exhibited in 1909, the right-hand portion, which is also in the Tate Gallery (N04447), having been subsequently cut off. A drawing for the whole composition belonged to the artist's widow.

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II

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