Lot 40: Glyn Warren Philpot R.A. (British, 1884-1937) Woman's Head

Glyn Warren Philpot R.A.
(British, 1884-1937)
Woman's Head pencil and watercolour36 x 21.5cm (14 3/16 x 8 7/16in).

Provenance: With The Redfern Gallery, London, 1937, where acquired by the family of the present owner, and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, The Redfern Gallery, An Exhibition of Figure-Pieces, Portraits, Landscapes, & Flower-Pieces in Oil & Watercolour by Glyn Philpot, 4-27 November 1937, cat.no.43 (as Negro Ikon)Warsaw, Instytut Propagandy Sztuki, British Council, Contemporary British Art, 28 January-16 February 1939, cat.no.52; this exhibition travelled to Helsinki, Konsthall, 11-26 March 1939 and Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, 1 April-31 May 1939 Please note that there is a study by the same hand of a lily pond verso.