Graphite and watercolour on paper
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Seated Woman
Purchased 1922
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
Fenwick
hands clasped
individuals: female
interiors
named individuals
people
portraits
reclining
sleeping
studio
woman
workspaces
paper unique graphite watercolour
Seated Woman
support: 356 × 254 mm
Purchased 1922
<p><b>N03642</b> SEATED WOMAN 1913</p>
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<p>Pencil and watercolour, 14×10 (36×25).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Duveen Drawings Fund) 1922.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Reopening Exhibition</i>, Grosvenor Galleries, February–March 1921 (128), as ‘La Femme Endormie’.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Tate Gallery Illustrations</i>, 1928, pl.194.</p>
<p>The sitter was the artist's sister, Mrs Fenwick, and 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> was done one morning when she fell asleep in the studio. A small <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> entitled 'The Waiting Room was also done from this sketch and was exhibited at the <i>Nameless Exhibition</i>, Grosvenor Galleries, 1921 (27). It belongs to the artist.</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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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults Fenwick hands clasped individuals: female interiors named individuals people portraits reclining sleeping studio woman workspaces