February 09 Selected Six - Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
The FEBRUARY SELECTED GROUP will be drawings by HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (1891-1915)
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*Haldane MacFall (1860-1928): Art Historian and Novelist, Friend and Patron of G-B from 1912.*H.S. (Jim) Ede (1895-1890): Bought those drawings not kept by the State from Sophie Brzeska’s (intestate) Estate in 1927.*Roger Cole: Biographer and Authority on G-B.*Wyndham T Vint: Bradford Actuary, Solicitor and Art Collector during the 1930s.
 1. The Dandy. 10x7 inches. Black chalk, brush, blue/black ink.Provenance: H.S. (Jim) Ede*. Colnaghi. Roger Cole* Inventory No. verso. £2250. | 
|  3. Standing Male Nude. 13x6 inches. Pen and ink.Provenance: Haldane MacFall* (his Stamp verso mount). Wyndham T Vint*. £2250. |
 4. Standing Female Nude. 14x9 inches. Pen and ink. Provenance: Haldane MacFall (his Stamp verso mount). Wyndham T Vint. £2000. |  5. Head of a Woman. 10x7 inches. Black chalk. Provenance: Haldane MacFall (his Stamp verso of mount). Wyndham T Vint. £ 1900. |  6. The Winged Hat. 8x6 inches. Black chalk. Inscribed verso by the artist: ‘Eros m’a saisi par les testicules / Ma vue se trouble / Une femme geante m’enveloppe / Ma semence s’ecoule, doucement / dans une bonne terre’ (sic). Provenance: Haldane MacFall (his Stamp verso of mount). Wyndham T Vint. £2250. |
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