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Preparatory work

Cécile Elizabeth Florence Rankin, later Mrs John Grandy, then Lady Grandy 1937

Seated three-quarter length slightly to the right, head turned in semi-profile to the left, looking way, wearing an evening dress, her right hand on her hip, her left arm on the armrest of her chair

Charcoal and graphite on paper, 48.5 x 31.5 cm (19 ⅛ x 12 ⅜ in.)

Inscribed top left: 68 [p. 68 of de László’s last sketchbook]

Sitters’ Book, II, f. 87: Cécile E.F. Rankin. 21-5-37.

 

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