MAY SELECTED GROUP 2009 - Edna Clarke-Hall
Selected Group for May will be: ‘Self – Studies’ by EDNA CLARKE HALL (1879-1979) Painting without a life model in the then remote isolation of Great House at Upminster, Edna Clarke Hall chose to study herself both for practice and, in the case of her ‘Wuthering Heights’ drawings, for inspiration. There is a strong feeling thoughout her work that everything springs very directly from her and her experiences. That these studies are often faceless is telling; unsure and possibly suspicious of the effect of her facial beauty, she preferred to study herself for expressive posture and composition. These all came from the Collection of her son, Denis Clarke Hall.
 ‘Self-Study for W.H.’ (‘Wuthering Heights’)Circa 1902. 9x6 inches. Pen and ink. £400 |  Blue Dress and Sun Hat.Circa 1915.10x7inches. Watercolour. £450. |  White Dress and Plait.Circa 1915. 11x9 inches. Inscribed ‘Self Study’. £450. |
 The Green Waistcoat. Inscribed ‘Self Study’ and dated, 1915. 12x9 inches.Watercolour. £500. |  The White Dress; hand on hip.Circa 1915. 15x9 inches. Watercolour. £500. |  The Green Dress; hand on hip.Circa 1915. 10x7 inches. Watercolour. £500. |
 The Belted Coat; outside.Circa 1915. 15x9 inches. Watercolour. £550. | 
|  ‘Self-Study’.Circa 1902. 13x9 inches. Pen, brush and ink. £600 |
 The Blue Coat; hand on hip.Circa 1915. 18x11 inches. Watercolour. £650. |  At the Easel.Circa 1915. 14x8 inches. Pen, brush and blue ink. £650. |  ‘Denis and Edna’.Inscribed, signed and dated, 1915. 14x9 inches. Pencil and watercolour. £650. |
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