Gwen John

Study of a Girl Holding a Doll

c.1916–20

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Artist: Gwen John 1876–1939
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 470 x 203 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Purchased 1940
Reference: N05153

Catalogue entry

N05153 STUDY OF A GIRL HOLDING A DOLL c. 1914

Not inscribed.
Monochrome wash, 18 1/2×8 (47×20).
Purchased from the Matthiesen Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1940.
Coll: As for No.5152.

The same girl appears in several other drawings done by Gwen John in Brittany. See Memorial exhibition, Matthiesen Gallery, September–October 1946, Nos.124–8, described as ‘a girl with a sulky expression’ or ‘enfant pensive’.

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