Edward Wolfe

P.C. 77

c.1927

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Not on display
Artist
Edward Wolfe 1897–1982
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
Support:1076 x 781 mm
frame: 1180 x 886 x 65 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1981
Reference
T03228

Catalogue entry

T03228 P.C. 77 c.1927

Not inscribed
Oil on canvas, 42 1/2×30 1/2 (107.5×77.3)
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1982
Prov: Purchased from the artist by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1976
Exh: RA, May–August 1976 (377)
Repr: Connoisseur, CCVIII, 1981, p.305

The artist recalled in an interview on 7 September 1981 that the portrait was painted in about 1927 in his studio in Grosvenor Road, Pimlico. He first met the policeman while he was trying to break into his own studio, having forgotten his keys, and they remained friends for some years. The map on the wall and the objects on the table were arranged specifically for this portrait. No early exhibitions have so far been identified for the portrait, though the artist recalled that it was shown a number of times.

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984

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