3292
Preparatory drawing
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 1932
Head and shoulders in profile to the left
Red chalk heightened with white on buff paper, 33.7 x 21.6 cm (13 ¼ x 8 ½ in.)
Inscribed lower right: Cecil / P.A. de L. / 1932 / June
Sitters’ Book II, opp. f. 73: Cecil 1 June 1932
Private Collection
This a preparatory drawing for a finished head and shoulders study portrait of the sitter [4055], which remains in a private collection. De László painted a full length portrait of Viscount Cecil in the same year which is in the collection of the University of Birmingham [4053] and for which there exist preparatory sketches in oil [4058] and charcoal [3287] [110603]. These remained in the possession of the artist on his death.
PROVENANCE:
In the possession of the artist on his death
John de László, fifth and youngest son of the artist
KF 2015