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Artists Wife
Presented by Mrs C. Johnson 1952
actions: postures and motions
adults
artist - non-specific
arts and entertainment
head in hand / hands
individuals: female
McEvoy, Mary
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portraits
woman
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paper unique graphite watercolour
The Artist’s Wife
support: 359 × 254 mm
Presented by Mrs C. Johnson 1952
<p><b>N06081</b> THE ARTIST'S WIFE <i>c.</i> 1913</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pencil and watercolour, 14 1/8×10 (36×25·5).
<br/>Presented by Mrs Claude Johnson 1952.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Purchased by Claude Johnson from the artist 1924.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) N.E.A.C., winter 1913 (220), as ‘A Study’; (?) N.E.A.C., January–February 1925 (256); Oldham, 1927 (131); R.A., <i>Late Members</i>, 1928 (393); Manchester, April–May 1933 (106).
<br/><i>Lit:</i>
Johnson, 1919, II, p.2, repr. pl.96; ‘Wigs’, 1923, p.71; Gleadowe, 1924, p.17, repr. pl.33.	</p>
<p>Johnson lists this work as having been exhibited with the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/new-english-art-club" title="Glossary definition for 'New English Art Club'"><span>N.E.A.C</span></a>. in ‘Spring 1914’ when there was no such exhibition; he may refer to the previous winter exhibition. Another <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>, signed ‘McEvoy’, and also listed by Johnson (<i>loc. cit.</i>, repr. pl.97), was in the N.E.A.C., summer 1914 (107); this was also lent by Mr Johnson to the R.A., 1928 (418), and later belonged to the Leicester Galleries (exhibited December 1953 (49)). Either may have been the work lent by Claude Johnson to the N.E.A.C. in 1925.</p>
<p>The artist's wife, Mary McEvoy, was also a painter (see below).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults artist - non-specific arts and entertainment head in hand / hands individuals: female McEvoy, Mary named individuals people portraits woman work and occupations