© Wyndham Lewis and the estate of the late Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis by kind permission of the Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust (a registered charity)
Portrait of Naomi Mitchison
Artist: Wyndham Lewis (1882 - 1957)
Location: City Art Centre
Date: 1930 - 1932
Materials: pencil & wash on paper
Dimensions: 46 x 36 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,701 (Total: £12,613)
Vendor: Lyon & Turnbull
Review number: 4808 (2000)
Provenance:
Naomi Mitchison; writer's family since 1999.
Description:
She is lightly and delicately drawn. Depicted sitting, wearing a dress with cut-away sleeves with a scallop at the shoulder, held together with a gold brooch at the waist. Her hair is close to the head in tight coils. Also known as 'The Tragic Muse'.
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