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Man in Black
Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914
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14 May 2004 – 11 July 2004
2004-07-11
1 May 2004 – 31 July 2004
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The Man in Black
frame: 1000 × 928 × 60 mm
support: 768 × 692 mm
Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914
<p><b>N03002</b> THE MAN IN BLACK 1913</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘G P 1913’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 30 1/4×27 1/4 (76·5×69).
<br/>Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> International Society, autumn 1914 (among works purchased for presentation to the Tate).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> J. B. Manson, <i>The Tate Gallery</i>, 1929, p.132; Sewter, 1951, p.3, repr. pl.23.</p>
<p>The sitter was Robert Allerton, the distinguished American collector, who gave Robert Allerton Park to the University of Illinois in 1946; the gardens of this mansion contain two life-size stone figures of men carrying blocks of stone by Philpot. Miss Gabrielle Cross, the artist's niece, has written: ‘I do not think that “The Man in Black” was ever painted as a <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>portrait</span></a> of Mr Allerton. They became friends through a chance meeting at the Opera at Covent Garden, and Mr Allerton sat for Glyn sometimes. There is a <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> of him portrayed as a Faun which belongs to Glyn's brother’ (letter of 12 November 1958).</p>
<p>‘The Man in Black’ should not be confused with a <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> ‘Man in Black’ exhibited at the Baillie Gallery, April–May 1910 (24), together with another painting ‘Lady in Black’ (23).</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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