Graphite and watercolour on paper
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Model
Presented by Sir Robert Witt through the Art Fund 1920
adults
artist - non-specific
arts and entertainment
chair
cigar
clothing and personal items
couch
curtain
drawing
drawing board
easel
female
fine arts and music
furnishings
individuals: male
interiors
man
model
named individuals
nudes
objects
painting
people
portraits
Rich, Alfred
studio
woman
work and occupations
workspaces
paper unique graphite watercolour
27 January 2005 – 28 August 2005
2005-08-28
1 October 2004 – 31 January 2005
2005-01-31
2004-10-01
Imperial War Museum (London, UK)
http://www.iwm.org.uk/
1 June 2005 – 28 August 2005
2005-08-28
2005-06-01
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
http://www.nationalgallery.ie
2005-01-27
Sir William Orpen 1878-1931
Loan-out
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
The Model
support: 540 × 692 mm
frame: 792 × 942 × 38 mm
Presented by Sir Robert Witt through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1920
<p><b>N03530</b> THE MODEL 1911</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Watercolour, 21 1/4×27 1/4 (54×69·5).
<br/>Presented by Sir Robert Witt through the National Art-Collections Fund 1920.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) <i>Century of Art, 1810–1910</i>, International Society, June–July 1911 (298); R.A., <i>Late Members</i>, winter 1933 (756).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Konody and Dark, 1932, p.283, repr. pl.4.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>N.A.C.F. Report 1920</i>, 1921, p.38; Pickle, 1923, pl.34; V. &amp; A., <i>Twentieth Century British Water-Colours</i>, 1958, pl.8.</p>
<p>Not included in Konody and Dark's list of dateable works, but dated 1911 opposite the reproduction. The artist sketching is Alfred Rich, whom Orpen also painted in oils in 1910 as ‘The Sketcher’ (repr. Konody and Dark, 1932, pl.52). 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/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of a nude shown hanging on the wall behind the model is by Orpen and exists in two versions, one of 1906 (repr. Konody and Dark, 1932, pl.35), and a life-size replica of 1910 (repr. Pickle, 1923, pl.14). 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/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> exhibited at 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/n/new-english-art-club" title="Glossary definition for 'New English Art Club'"><span>N.E.A.C</span></a>., winter 1910, as ‘The draughtsman and his model’ is a different work and was bequeathed by Alfred Rich to the V. &amp; A. (repr. Pickle, 1923, pl.33, as ‘The Open-Air Class’). For Alfred Rich see pp.548–9.</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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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults artist - non-specific arts and entertainment chair cigar clothing and personal items couch curtain drawing drawing board easel female fine arts and music furnishings individuals: male interiors man model named individuals nudes objects painting people portraits Rich, Alfred studio woman work and occupations workspaces