Lot 170
Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
Study of a Piedmontese gypsy encampment, with traditional horse-drawn vardo behind, pencil and brown wash, [c.1909]
Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000
Description
Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
Study of a Piedmontese gypsy encampment, with traditional horse-drawn vardo behind
Black chalk, pencil, brown wash, signed in the lower right corner, indistinctly inscribed in the upper centre [?]'Vavertemengri', sheet 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), under glass, minor surface dirt and some light toning in places, framed, [circa 1909]
⁂ In 1906 John went to Normandy with Wyndham Lewis where they are said to have fallen in with a large band of Piedmontese gypsies. The present drawing appears to closely relate to John's lithograph titled 'Wandering Sinnte', which the artist published in 1909. For a larger more finished chalk drawing, and much closer to the final lithograph, see the Manchester Art Gallery's Study for Wandering Sinnte, 1909.
Description
Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)
Study of a Piedmontese gypsy encampment, with traditional horse-drawn vardo behind
Black chalk, pencil, brown wash, signed in the lower right corner, indistinctly inscribed in the upper centre [?]'Vavertemengri', sheet 355 x 255 mm (14 x 10 in), under glass, minor surface dirt and some light toning in places, framed, [circa 1909]
⁂ In 1906 John went to Normandy with Wyndham Lewis where they are said to have fallen in with a large band of Piedmontese gypsies. The present drawing appears to closely relate to John's lithograph titled 'Wandering Sinnte', which the artist published in 1909. For a larger more finished chalk drawing, and much closer to the final lithograph, see the Manchester Art Gallery's Study for Wandering Sinnte, 1909.
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