Watercolour and ink on paper
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Airing Children
Presented by Miss Lillian Browse 1938
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
baby
bending forward
boy
children
England
fence
garden structures
group
groups
Maida Vale, Paddington Recreation Ground
park
path
people
places
pram
pushing
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tree
UK countries and regions
UK London
woman
paper unique watercolour ink
Airing the Children
support: 197 × 267 mm
Presented by Miss Lillian Browse 1938
<p><b>N04940</b>	AIRING THE CHILDREN <i>c.</i> 1930–1
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<br/>Inscr. ‘E. Ardizzone’ b.l.	 
<br/>Watercolour, pen and ink, 7 3/4×10 1/2 (19·5×26·5).	 
<br/>Presented by Miss Lillian Browse 1938.	 
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Miss Browse from the artist 1931.	 </p>
<p>The artist wrote (7 October 1959) that the scene is Paddington Recreation Ground. He could not be sure when this was painted, but thought it to be a very early work, and added that the colour had faded considerably. Miss Browse told the compiler (12 and 15 October 1959) that she bought it direct from the artist, possibly from his first one-man show at the Leger Galleries in 1931, although no <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> of this title appears in the catalogue.</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</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults architecture baby bending forward boy children England fence garden structures group groups Maida Vale, Paddington Recreation Ground park path people places pram pushing society townscapes / man-made features transport: land tree UK countries and regions UK London woman