Woman by a Riverbank
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Object Label
Using bold touches of unmixed pigments, Augustus John painted his companion Dorothy (“Dorelia”) McNeill wearing brightly colored garments that reflect their shared interest in unconventional dress and in Romany culture, a lifelong fascination for the artist. Here, Dorelia appears as a bohemian Venus on the shores of a wild, imagined arcadia that was, in reality, probably a fishing village in Provence.
Caption
Augustus John (British, 1878–1961). Woman by a Riverbank, ca. 1910–1912. Oil on panel, 18 × 12 1/2 in. (45.7 × 31.8 cm) frame: 23 1/2 × 18 3/8 × 2 in. (59.7 × 46.7 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Helen Babbott Sanders, 78.151.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Artist
Title
Woman by a Riverbank
Date
ca. 1910–1912
Geography
Place made: England
Medium
Oil on panel
Classification
Dimensions
18 × 12 1/2 in. (45.7 × 31.8 cm) frame: 23 1/2 × 18 3/8 × 2 in. (59.7 × 46.7 × 5.1 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "John"
Markings
Verso paper label: "ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS, Ltd./DEALERS IN WORKS OF ART,/155, NEW BOND STREET,/LONDON./ESTABLISHED 1842. Verso paper label: "JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd.,/Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers/B58747/17 & 18 NASSAU STREET, MORTIMER STREET, W./Phones:--MUSEUM 1871 & 7588."
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen Babbott Sanders
Accession Number
78.151.7
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