Watercolour on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/gwen-john-1363" aria-label="More by Gwen John" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Gwen John</a>
a Child
Purchased 1940
actions: postures and motions
children
girl
people
sitting
paper unique watercolour
9 March 2020 – 3 January 2021
2021-01-03
9 March 2020 – 3 January 2021
2021-01-03
2020-03-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-03-09
Gwen John
Collection based display
Study of a Child
support: 324 × 251 mm
Purchased 1940
<p><b>N05152</b> STUDY OF A CHILD <i>c.</i> 1914–20
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Wash on coarse buff paper, 12 3/4×9 7/8 (32·5×25).
<br/>Purchased from the Matthiesen Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Bequeathed by the artist to her nephew Edwin John.</p>
<p>During the period Gwen John spent at Meudon she became very friendly with the Sisters of the Presentation who cared for orphan children. The artist did numerous pictures of these children and also made sketches of children on her holidays in Brittany. See <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/john-annabella-t00155" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>T00155</span></a>. It is difficult to date or place this <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> more accurately than <i>c.</i> 1914–20.</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
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions children girl people sitting