© 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: Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Date: 1939
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 102 x 76.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £30,000 (Total: £100,000)
Vendor: Estate of Naomi Mitchison
Review number: 5304 (2003)
Provenance:
Naomi Mitchison.
Description:
Portrait of the Scottish-born writer Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999), the artist's close friend and collaborator, seated at a table with an open book on her knee. The crucifixion in the background is a reference to the book she is writing, 'The Blood of the Martyrs', and also as a private joke since both artist and sitter has equivocal attitudes towards organised religion. Her intense look of concentration was the result of having to compose the novel in her head whilst maintaining her pose.
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