Watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Collection
<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 Girl Holding a Doll
Purchased 1940
actions: postures and motions
children
doll
girl
objects
people
sitting
toys and models
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 Girl Holding a Doll
support: 470 × 203 mm
Purchased 1940
<p><b>N05153</b>	STUDY OF A GIRL HOLDING A DOLL <i>c.</i> 1914
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Monochrome wash, 18 1/2×8 (47×20).
<br/>Purchased from the Matthiesen Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for No.5152.</p>
<p>The same girl appears in several other <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>drawings</span></a> done by Gwen John in Brittany. See Memorial exhibition, Matthiesen Gallery, September–October 1946, Nos.124–8, described as ‘a girl with a sulky expression’ or ‘enfant pensive’.</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 doll girl objects people sitting toys and models