Graphite and chalk on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frances-hodgkins-1296" aria-label="More by Frances Hodgkins" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frances Hodgkins</a>
Seated Woman
Purchased 1948
actions: postures and motions
adults
clothing and personal items
hat
necklace
objects
people
shawl
sitting
woman
<p>In this portrait Hodgkins uses a series of interlocking patterns in a combination of naturalism and abstraction that she developed from studying the work of Matisse. The ambiguous setting adds to the fantastical, almost surreal effect. This bringing together of a number of sources into an insistently individual work led to what one 1940s critic called Hodgkins' ‘blend of the decorative and the visionary’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2010</em></p>
paper unique graphite chalk
Seated Woman
support: 940 × 597 mm
Frame: 1052 × 710 × 46 mm
Purchased 1948
<p>In this portrait Hodgkins uses a series of interlocking patterns in a combination of naturalism and abstraction that she developed from studying the work of Matisse. The ambiguous setting adds to the fantastical, almost surreal effect. This bringing together of a number of sources into an insistently individual work led to what one 1940s critic called Hodgkins' ‘blend of the decorative and the visionary’.
<br/></p>

Display caption
2010-02-18T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><b>N05857</b> SEATED WOMAN <i>c.</i> 1925–30
<br/>
<br/>Inscr. ‘Frances Hodgkins’ b.r.
<br/>Pencil and black chalk, 37×23 1/2 (94×60).
<br/>Purchased from the Lefevre Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1948.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by the Lefevre Gallery from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.S.A., Edinburgh, 1945 (676), as ‘Seated Girl’; Arts Council, <i>Ethel Walker, Frances Hodgkins, Gwen John,</i>
Tate Gallery, May–June 1952 (75); Arts Council provincial tour, 1952 (18).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Arthur R. Howell, <i>Frances Hodgkins, Four Vital Years</i>, 1951, p.111.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> John Rothenstein, <i>The Tate Gallery</i>, 1958, p.103.
<br/>
<br/>[no further details]
<br/></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, I</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>

Catalogue entry
2004-07-22T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults clothing and personal items hat necklace objects people shawl sitting woman