Harlequin
Artist: Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Location: Fry Art Gallery
Date: circa 1928
Materials: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 48.3 x 50.8cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,500 (Total: £17,000)
Vendor: Mrs Anne Ullman
Review number: 5620 (2005)
Provenance:
Edward Bawden; Mrs Anne Ullman, 1989.
Description:
This watercolour was part of the preparatory work for the commission of a mural for the Refectory at Morley College, London. The commission was secured by Ravilious working closely with his friend Edward Bawden. The harlequin appeared in the top right corner of the mural which was destroyed in the Second World War during a bombing raid in 1940.
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