Study for ‘Portrait of Madame Guilhermina Suggia’, 1921
charcoal
42.5 x 29.2 cm
signed ‘John’ (lower right)
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Study for ‘Portrait of Madame Guilhermina Suggia’, 1921
Exhibition History:
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: The Human Face, 22 July – 28 September 2008;
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, 23 October 2016 – 8 January 2017;
London, The Sammy Ofer Centre, London Business School, London|Forward Facing, 26 September 2017 – 18 July 2018
Madame Guilhermina Suggia’s performances as a cello soloist were famed for their expressive power. For this portrait Suggia sat through 80 sittings of two hours over a three year period. The finished painting can be seen in the Tate Britain in London.
