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Dame Eileen Mayo

Trial painting for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

1937

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Created by
Dame Eileen Mayo 1906–1994
Title
Trial painting for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’
Date
1937
Medium
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Dimensions
217 × 139 mm
Description
The book was edited by J.H. Driberg and printed by Douglas Cleverdon at The Clover Hill Press, 1937. The study is annotated 'If you approve of [slate?] 2, I will of course make a decent one-piece drawing of it.'
Format
Artwork - on paper, unique
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to the Archive by Eileen Mayo, via her step-son, John Gainsborough, in March 1991.
Reference
TGA 916/47

Archive context

  • Personal papers of Eileen Mayo TGA 916 (97)
    • Trial painting for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’ TGA 916/47
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