© 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)
The Artist's Wife, Froanna
Artist: Wyndham Lewis (1882 - 1957)
Location: Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Date: 1940
Materials: pencil & coloured chalks on blue paper
Dimensions: 48.3 x 31cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,200 (Total: £25,200)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 5696 (2006)
Provenance:
Reid Gallery (1960); Agnew's (1960); Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York' Christie's (2006); Agnew's (2006).
Description:
This mesmerising, highly finished and vividly coloured portrait drawing is by the leading master of early British modernism, Percy Wyndham Lewis. Its angular and facetted construction stems from his allegiance to Cubism and Vorticism (of which he was a founder) and its spare linearity the influence of Matisse, Léger and Modigliani. The sitter is notable for the intensity of her gaze, flamboyant turban and sinuously clasped hands.
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