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John William Godward, RBA (British, )
Ionian Dancing Girl
signed and dated 'D ' (lower right)
oil on canvas
x cm (54 x 32 3/4in).
presented in a tabernacle frame
Footnotes
Provenance
Messrs. Thomas McLean, London,
Messrs. Nathan Mitchell Galleries, Jermyn Street, London.
With Cooling Galleries, London and Toronto,
With Leger Galleries, London,
Private collection, Japan.
Private sale, Phillips, London,
The collection of William O. Brisben.
By whom sold Christie's, New York, 12 February , lot
Private collection, Italy.
Exhibited
London, New Gallery, Summer Exhibition , no.
Literature
V. Grosvenor Swanson, John William Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, , cat. no. (p. ), illustrated on the cover, and in colour, pl. 48 (p. 72).
V. Grosvenor Swanson, John William Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism, Second edition, , cat. no. (p. ), illustrated in colour, pl. 79 (p. 86), also pp. 88 &
An oil of even greater consequence is the Ionian Dancing Girl which is a large picture of a Greek girl with violets in her hair, holding a tambourine. Her voluptuous body, hardly hidden behind a sheer gown, radiates a 'take it or leave it' attitude We might call this picture Godward's quintessential canvas, in the sense that all the elements we know him by are
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John William Godward, R.B.A.
Description
- John William Godward, R.B.A.
- MEGILLA
- signed and dated u.l.: D; titled, signed and dated on the reverse: MEGILLA D
- oil on canvas
- 50 by 40cm., 19¾ by 15¾in.
Provenance
Edward Crawshaw, London;
Peter Child, London;
Phillips, 14 June , lot ;
Sotheby’s, Belgravia, 6 December , lot 51;
Richard Green, London;
Leger Galleries, London;
Christie’s, New York, 27 October , lot 72
Literature
Vern Grosvenor Swanson, John William Godward, The Eclipse of Classicism, , pp, , , illus. colour pl
Condition
STRUCTURE Original canvas. There is a light pattern of craquelure to her hair and headscarf; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT UV light reveals a few very minor flecks of retouching to the marble background and to the girl's cheek. FRAME Held in a moulded plaster frame.
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