SIR WILLIAM ORPEN (BRITISH 1878-1951), PORTRAIT OF IDA NETTLESHIP
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000
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SIR WILLIAM ORPEN (BRITISH 1878-1951) PORTRAIT OF IDA NETTLESHIP Red chalk Signed and dated 1898 (lower left) 29 x 20.5cm (11¼ x 8 in.) Provenance: J.L.W. Bird, London Exhibited: London, J.L.W. Bird, Spring Exhibition, March-April 1981 The present drawing was most likely executed in the studio at 76 Charlotte Street which Orpen shared with Augustus John and Ambrose McEvoy, whilst students at the Slade.Ida Nettleship was born in Hampstead in 1877. Nettleship went on to study at the Slade School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Tonks and Philip Wilson Steer. Mixing within the artistic circles of north London Nettleship became close friends with Gwen John and Edna Waugh. In 1901 Nettleship married Augustus John and they went on to have five sons together. Their relationship was complicated and she sadly died shortly after the birth of her fifth son in 1907.
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SIR WILLIAM ORPEN (BRITISH 1878-1951) PORTRAIT OF IDA NETTLESHIP Red chalk Signed and dated 1898 (lower left) 29 x 20.5cm (11¼ x 8 in.) Provenance: J.L.W. Bird, London Exhibited: London, J.L.W. Bird, Spring Exhibition, March-April 1981 The present drawing was most likely executed in the studio at 76 Charlotte Street which Orpen shared with Augustus John and Ambrose McEvoy, whilst students at the Slade.Ida Nettleship was born in Hampstead in 1877. Nettleship went on to study at the Slade School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Tonks and Philip Wilson Steer. Mixing within the artistic circles of north London Nettleship became close friends with Gwen John and Edna Waugh. In 1901 Nettleship married Augustus John and they went on to have five sons together. Their relationship was complicated and she sadly died shortly after the birth of her fifth son in 1907.
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