Bretonne Girl
Drawn during a six-week visit to France in late 1920. The title is almost certainly a later, incorrect addition, since according the the inscription, the drawing was made in St Remy, Provence.
Date: 1920
Inscriptions: ul: Drawn at St Remey lr: Gilbert Spencer
Tags: Portrait, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil on paper
Height (mm): 385
Width (mm): 295
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Possibly Goupil 1929 (57) as 'French Peasant Woman'; possibly Goupil 1932 (31) as 'Frenchwoman';RA 1971 (282); Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1974; FAS 1974 (76); Cookham Festival 1977 (27)
Provenance: Tom Coates Esq; Dreweatt's, 1-15 January 2021 lot 245
Literature: Fleuron 1926 pl. 16 as 'pencil study'
Date: 1920
Inscriptions: ul: Drawn at St Remey lr: Gilbert Spencer
Tags: Portrait, Pencil, Works on paper
Medium: Pencil on paper
Height (mm): 385
Width (mm): 295
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Possibly Goupil 1929 (57) as 'French Peasant Woman'; possibly Goupil 1932 (31) as 'Frenchwoman';RA 1971 (282); Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1974; FAS 1974 (76); Cookham Festival 1977 (27)
Provenance: Tom Coates Esq; Dreweatt's, 1-15 January 2021 lot 245
Literature: Fleuron 1926 pl. 16 as 'pencil study'