111959

Preparatory work

Figure study

Edith Hope Iselin

Standing full-length slightly to the right, head turned to the left, looking down, her right leg slightly bent, her right hand covering her right breast, holding a long stole wrapped round her back in her left hand

Charcoal and red chalk on buff paper, 56 x 38 cm (22 x 15 in.)

Verso inscribed: 52 [black ink]

Studio Inventory p. 146 (52): Study of a Nude

This is a preparatory work for a full length portrait of the sitter [10601].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

By descent to Patrick de Laszlo, his fourth son

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