Graphite and watercolour on paper
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Bravura Sir William Orpen
Presented by Simon Nowell Smith 1952
actions: postures and motions
adults
art and craft
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
caricature
clothing and personal items
easel
fine arts and music
furnishings
individuals: male
interiors
leisure and pastimes
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Orpen, William, Sir
painting
people
pipe
portraits
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sitting
smoking
social comment
society
studio
suit
work and occupations
workspaces
paper unique graphite watercolour
19 November 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
19 November 2019 – 23 February 2020
2020-02-23
2019-11-19
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2019-11-19
William Orpen: Method & Mastery
Loan-out
Bravura: Sir William Orpen
support: 394 × 283 mm
Presented by Simon Nowell Smith 1952
<p><b>N06043</b> BRAVURA. SIR WILLIAM ORPEN 1914
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Bravura. Mr. Orpen trying whether it wouldn't be possible to paint, for the Uffizi, one mirror's reflection of another's reflection of a soap-bubble's reflection of himself. May 1914’ t.l.
<br/>Pencil and watercolour, 15 1/2×11 1/8 (39·5×28·25).
<br/>Presented by Simon Nowell Smith 1952.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Leicester Galleries, 1921, bought by Charles Rutherston (d. 1926);...; Frank Hollings, bought at Sotheby's <i>c.</i> 1930–5; Simon Nowell Smith.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leicester Galleries, May 1921 (53).</p>
<p>The reference is to the gallery of self-<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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> in the Uffizi, Florence, though Beerbohm has anticipated by some ten years Orpen's gift to that gallery of a self-portrait painted in 1925. For a picture in which Orpen uses the effect of a reflection in a mirror see 'The Mirror' in the Tate Gallery (<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/orpen-the-mirror-n02940" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N02940</span></a>).</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>
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults art and craft artist, painter arts and entertainment caricature clothing and personal items easel fine arts and music furnishings individuals: male interiors leisure and pastimes man mirror named individuals objects Orpen, William, Sir painting people pipe portraits recreational activities sitting smoking social comment society studio suit work and occupations workspaces