24th Feb, 2018 9:00 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
2098
Eve Disher (1894-1991) A head and shoulders study of a black man Signed, inscribed and dated...
Eve Disher (1894-1991)
A head and shoulders study of a black man
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)53, mixed media, 50cm by 36.5cm
Born in Hornsey in 1894, Eve Disher studied at the College of Art before moving to London to work for the Fire Service during WWI.
She married the theatre critic Maurice Disher in 1918 and they took lodgings in a house in Gordon Square belonging to the Strachey family. Lytton Strachey was a founder member of the Bloomsbury group who introduced Eve to other members such as Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant.
Disher loved to travel and spent many winters in Jamaica where she painted Noel Coward and met Ian Fleming. It is possible that this example was painted on one of these vacations.
Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
A head and shoulders study of a black man
Signed, inscribed and dated (19)53, mixed media, 50cm by 36.5cm
Born in Hornsey in 1894, Eve Disher studied at the College of Art before moving to London to work for the Fire Service during WWI.
She married the theatre critic Maurice Disher in 1918 and they took lodgings in a house in Gordon Square belonging to the Strachey family. Lytton Strachey was a founder member of the Bloomsbury group who introduced Eve to other members such as Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant.
Disher loved to travel and spent many winters in Jamaica where she painted Noel Coward and met Ian Fleming. It is possible that this example was painted on one of these vacations.
Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Sold for £600
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 24th Feb, 2018
Modern & Contemporary Art
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