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Preparatory drawing
Mrs Stanley Baldwin, née Lucy Ridsdale 1935
Seated three-quarter length to the left, head turned and looking to the left, wearing a dark evening dress, necklace, and tiara
Graphite on paper, 35.3 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 ¾ in.)
Sitters’ Book II, f. 85: Lucy Baldwin 20-12-35
Studio Inventory p. 160 (292): Then Mrs. Baldwin, wife of the Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister.
De László painted a three-quarter length portrait of Lady Baldwin in late 1935 and early 1936. This is one of two preparatory drawings recorded in the Studio Inventory; however, no visual record of the present work survives.
For biographical notes on the sitter, see [2324].
PROVENANCE:
In the possession of the artist on his death
KF 2017