Graphite and watercolour on paper
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In a Mirror
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1917
actions: postures and motions
adults
blur
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
furnishings
head in hand / hands
mirror
natural phenomena
objects
people
reflection
sitting
woman
paper unique graphite watercolour
In a Mirror
support: 470 × 387 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1917
<p><b>N03175</b> IN A MIRROR <i>c.</i>1911</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pencil, chalks and watercolour, 18 1/2×15 1/4 (47×39).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1917.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Purchased by the C.A.S. by 1912, probably from the N.E.A.C.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
N.E.A.C., winter 1911 (159); C.A.S., <i>First Public Exhibition in London</i>, Goupil Gallery, April 1913 (61).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Johnson, 1919, II, p.1, repr, pl.94; ‘Wigs’, 1923, p.70.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Gleadowe, 1924, pl.28; Sir Joseph Duveen, <i>Thirty Years of British Art</i>, 1930, p.27 (in colour).</p>
<p>Related to ‘The Ear-ring’ (<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-ear-ring-n03176" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03176</span></a>) which shows a figure before a mirror.</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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actions: postures and motions adults blur emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities furnishings head in hand / hands mirror natural phenomena objects people reflection sitting woman