Lot 2268
MARK GERTLER (1891-1939)
FEMALE RECLINING NUDE
Signed and dated 1915, red chalk
29.5 x 41cm.
* The sitter may be Dora Carrington. Gertler and Carrington met at the Slade. His obsessive devotion to her was unrequited and the friendship was damaged irreparably when Carrington wed Ralph Partridge in 1921.
Provenance: Collection of Mrs P. H. Irwin; Acquired by owner in June 1980
