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