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UNTRACED

Preparatory work

Lady Waechter de Grimston, née Armatrude Hobart 1915

Three-quarter length seated to the right, head turned and looking left, wearing a dark dress and wide white collar, her right arm cradling her Bruxelles Griffon

Oil on canvasboard, 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)

Sitters’ Book I, f. 101: Armatrude Waechter Jan: 25th 1915

Studio Inventory, p. 63 (331): Study of a Lady, seated, wearing Black Dress with a white collar. A dog is beside her.

This preparatory study provides some evidence of the original composition for the finished version [10066] that was cut down at the request of Lady Waechter. It remained in the artist’s studio until his death and its current whereabouts is unknown. A second finished picture [10068], similarly seated but without the dog, was also cut down.

KF 2019