Art Funded
The Japanese Doll
© National Museum Cardiff
Gwen John (1876 - 1939)
National Museum Cardiff
circa 1927
Depicts the interior of the artist's studio in rue Terre Neuve, Meudon, Paris. The doll, dressed in a red and blue kimono-style garment, is seated against an open box in the centre of a table top. Still-lifes situated in simple interiors such as this are central to the artist's later oeuvre. This painting is one of two known versions of the composition.
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 33 x 40.6cm
- Art Fund Grant: £15000 ( Total: £110,947)
- ArtFunded in: 2003
- Vendor: Anthony d'Offay Gallery
Provenance
The artist; Julia Quinn Anderson; Mary Anderson (Mrs Thomas F Conroy), 1934; private collection, USA, 1970; Anthony d'Offay Gallery.
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