112390

VERSO

DESTROYED

Preparatory work

Mrs Arthur Graham Glasgow, née Margaret Branch 1910

Standing almost full-length to the left, full-face looking to the viewer, her hands before her resting on her dress, wearing a long evening gown

Oil on board, 78.7 x 50.8 cm (31 x 20 in.)

Studio Inventory, p. 30 (160 rev.): 160 and 160 rev. both studies for a large picture in the possession of Mrs. Glasgow, Moncorvo House, S.W.7.

The artist was commissioned to paint Mrs Glasgow in March 1910 and it is probable that this preparatory study and the head study on the verso [112389] were completed on her first visit to the studio on 7 March.

The first three-quarter length canvas [112576], showing the sitter full face to the viewer as in the present picture, did not please the artist and he started again. This was noted by his wife Lucy in her diary on 13 May.^[1] Another study left in the artist’s studio on his death shows that he also considered making the composition a seated one [112414] before returning to his original concept in full length  [5353] rather than three-quarter length. The finished full-length picture was finished in early June.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [5353].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

Destroyed in accordance with the terms of the artist’s will

LITERATURE:

•László, Lucy de, 1910 diary, private collection

KF 2023