Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
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Euphemia
Purchased 1929
actions: postures and motions
adults
clothing and personal items
Forrest, Nina Euphemia
hat
hill
individuals: female
Lamb, Nina Euphemia
landscape
named individuals
objects
people
plants and flowers
portraits
river
rose
standing
water: inland
woman
painting oil paint canvas
26 November 2019 – 24 January 2020
2020-01-24
26 November 2019 – 24 January 2020
2020-01-24
2019-11-26
Philip Mould & Company (London, UK)
2019-11-26
Ambrose McEvoy: A Retrospective
Loan-out
Euphemia
support: 730 × 483 mm
frame: 897 × 650 × 70 mm
Purchased 1929
<p><b>N04447</b> EUPHEMIA 1909
<br/>
<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 28 3/4×19 (73×48·5).
<br/>Purchased from the artist's widow (Grant-in-Aid) 1929.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> N.E.A.C., summer 1909 (36), when part of ‘The Ferry’, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/mcevoy-the-ferry-n04496" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04496</span></a> below; R.A., <i>Late Members</i>, winter 1928 (572), as painted in 1909.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> National Gallery, Millbank [Tate Gallery], <i>Review of the Acquisitions, 1927–29</i>, 1930, p.48.</p>
<p>This <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> was originally the right-hand portion of ‘The Ferry’, <span>N04496</span>; 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/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a> was subsequently cut in half to form two separate compositions, this portion being entitled ‘Euphemia’ after the model Euphemia Lamb (see Epstein, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/epstein-euphemia-lamb-n03187" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03187</span></a>); at this time there was a small amount of repainting. The original <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> is reproduced in <i>Studio</i>, XLVII, 1909, p.187.</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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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults clothing and personal items Forrest, Nina Euphemia hat hill individuals: female Lamb, Nina Euphemia landscape named individuals objects people plants and flowers portraits river rose standing water: inland woman