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- James Boswell 1906–1971
- Title
- Sketchbook, with ‘Marseille 1959’ on the spine and the artist’s name and address inside the front cover
- Date
- 1959
- Format
- Bound volume - sketchbook
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Ruth Boswell, the artist's widow in 1982
- Reference
- TGA 8224/63
Description
Ink, crayon, graphite and watercolour on paper, 260 × 200 mm
Page 1, inscribed '1959'
Page 2, small girl wearing a first communion dress
Page 3, small girl wearing a communion dress standing with her mother, sister and grandmother
Page 4, 'Marseille May 22', buildings including a large church around the harbour
Page 5, 'Marseille 22 May', harbour with small boats
Page 6, woman selling items from a trestle table
Page 7, church at the top of a mountain
Page 8, two studies of a North African man wearing a cloak and hat
Page 9, three young girls standing talking
Page 10, view of the Grand Hotel Beauvau
Page 11, front, man and woman seated at a restaurant table
Page 11, back, two heads facing each other with a shelf of ornaments
Page 12, outline of a mountain with a church on top
Page 13, group of four nuns
Page 14, man and woman walking side by side
Page 15, fat woman seen in profile
Page 16, study of a young woman cleaning fish
Page 17, man behind a camera on a tripod
Page 18, studies of two heads and a standing man
Page 19, fat woman seated at a table
Page 20, portrait of a young woman with long straight hair
Page 21, study of the head and torso of a man holding a piece of paper
Page 22, portrait study of a man
Page 23, portrait head
Page 24, caricature of a young woman with long hair and large teeth
Page 25, caricature of a man with open mouth
Page 26, portrait head
Page 27, caricature of a man with mouth slightly open
Page 28, caricature of a man sitting on a small stool
Page 29, study of the head of a man
Page 30, study of a bald man with his head leaning to one side
Page 31, study of a bald man wearing glasses
Page 32, study of a short fat woman
Page 33, thin man seated at a round table with a carafe and a glass
Page 34, caricature face made up of decorative lines
Page 35, man wearing a striped shirt
Page 36, three young women standing together
Page 37, facial features on a flat background
Page 38, almost abstract facial features on a flat background
Page 39, grid pattern with facial features
Page 40, study of the head of an old woman
Page 41, head and shoulders of a man
Pages 42-45, blank