Les chapeaux à brides (Schoolgirls Wearing Brimmed Hats)

1925/1929

Gwen John

Associated Names
Gwen John

Artist, British, 1876 - 1939

The image shows three individuals wearing green hats, lying down or reclining on a grassy surface. The individuals are positioned closely together. The background includes flowers with white and pink blossoms, and a distant fence or structure.

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More About this Artwork

In this black and white photograph, a woman wearing a black dress leans toward an arched mirror set into a wall, so we see the woman twice in this double portrait. We are situated slightly below her so we look up at the woman, who gazes down and to our right. The surface of the wall is smooth but lightly textured, like adobe. Trees reflected in the mirror indicate that this is outdoors. The woman in front of us takes up the left half of the composition. She faces our right in profile and leans to our right, at the far edge of the mirror. Her dark hair is pulled up in ribbon entwined braids. She wears long, chandelier style earrings and her high-necked black dress has puffed, lace sleeves. We see her face straight on in the mirror’s reflection. The woman’s distinctive brows knit together over her rounded nose.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist (number E. J. 723). (Anthon d'Offay, London, 1981); (Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 1981); Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Feld, Far Hills, NJ, 1981; partial gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Gwen John, Davis and Langdale Company, Inc., New York, 1981, no. 37.

Bibliography

1987

  • Langdale, Cecily. Gwen John. New Haven and London, 1987: no. 337 and pl. 171.

Inscriptions

verso in graphite: ret 38

Markings

lower right: artist's signature stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64572821

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