Hilda Sleeping - [Graphite Drawing]
by Harold Hope Read (1881-1959)
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- Condition
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Mourioux Vieilleville, France
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About This Item
A beautiful study of the artist's lover and housekeeper, Hilda sleeping, drawn in graphite and charcoal; an intimate study, sensitively capturing Hilda's relaxed pose. Signed and dated, 1923; on watermarked laid paper. Fixed at the corners to backing card. -
Size: 5.8" x 11.6"; sheet size: 8' x 13.4". - Condition: fine. -
Provenance: ex collection of the artist's lover, Hilda; given to Hilda's nephew Dennis A.S. Hopper upon Hilda's death; given to Douglas James Hopper (Hilda's great nephew) upon his father Dennis's death. - Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from a British art dealer. -
Early 20th century British artist who was remarkably skilled in a variety of drawing techniques. A huge part of the many graphite, charcoal, watercolour and ink drawings of the artist has only recently been brought into the open. - During the years in Tunbridge Wells (Kent; early 1930s - 1959), Hope Read lived an avant-garde lifestyle with his live-in housekeeper, life model and mistress, who we know only as Hilda; here they lived in the basement flat of a modest detached Victorian villa… More biographical info is rapidly found at 'haroldhoperead.org.uk'.
Size: 5.8" x 11.6"; sheet size: 8' x 13.4". - Condition: fine. -
Provenance: ex collection of the artist's lover, Hilda; given to Hilda's nephew Dennis A.S. Hopper upon Hilda's death; given to Douglas James Hopper (Hilda's great nephew) upon his father Dennis's death. - Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from a British art dealer. -
Early 20th century British artist who was remarkably skilled in a variety of drawing techniques. A huge part of the many graphite, charcoal, watercolour and ink drawings of the artist has only recently been brought into the open. - During the years in Tunbridge Wells (Kent; early 1930s - 1959), Hope Read lived an avant-garde lifestyle with his live-in housekeeper, life model and mistress, who we know only as Hilda; here they lived in the basement flat of a modest detached Victorian villa… More biographical info is rapidly found at 'haroldhoperead.org.uk'.
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- Seller
- Capricedardour (FR)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 115
- Title
- Hilda Sleeping - [Graphite Drawing]
- Author
- Harold Hope Read (1881-1959)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 20th c. British Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drawings;
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2019
Mourioux Vieilleville
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Books and prints (art, literature; 19th to 20th c.). Selling from a small private collection.
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