Portrait of Kitty West 1939
Artwork details
- Dimensions
- unconfirmed: 480 x 580 mm
- Location
- Tate Collections
- Copyright
- © The estate of Frances Hodgkins | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Comments
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hodgkins-portrait-of-kitty-west-t07814
In 1937 Hodgkins wrote to her art dealer, Duncan Macdonald of the Lefevre Gallery, ‘I had the happiest long week end with the Wests & have painted 3 quite attractive canvases inspired by objects observed by me out of the corner of my subjective eye, when really looking for black berries – you’ll see! They are 2 delightful Dears Anthony & Kitty – I loved my visit to them – ’ (Buchanan, p.69). Hodgkins wrote this letter during her stay with the author Anthony West and his wife, the artist Kitty, at Tisbury in Wiltshire in August 1937. Following her visit she made a double portrait of the couple, now in the Museum of New Zealand.
Comments
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hodgkins-portrait-of-kitty-west-t07814
In 1937 Hodgkins wrote to her art dealer, Duncan Macdonald of the Lefevre Gallery, ‘I had the happiest long week end with the Wests & have painted 3 quite attractive canvases inspired by objects observed by me out of the corner of my subjective eye, when really looking for black berries – you’ll see! They are 2 delightful Dears Anthony & Kitty – I loved my visit to them – ’ (Buchanan, p.69). Hodgkins wrote this letter during her stay with the author Anthony West and his wife, the artist Kitty, at Tisbury in Wiltshire in August 1937. Following her visit she made a double portrait of the couple, now in the Museum of New Zealand.
