The Letter

1937

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

The image shows the upper half of a person who is seated, leaning forward with one arm stretched out, holding a piece of paper near the stairs. The person has a head full of neatly combed, shoulder-length hair with a part down the middle. They are dressed in a patterned cardigan over a light-colored shirt, with a skirt partially visible. To their right, there are large flowers. A wooden chair with a cushioned seat is seen at the left side, and there's a small table with a candlestick holder in the lower right corner. The setting is an interior space with wooden elements, including the staircase and paneling.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.4 × 10.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.)
    sheet: 24 × 23.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 119

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 119.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: RSA; lower left in graphite: 4th state 2 proofs 8 / Aug 38 / chair put in / R. H. and added to. / Marks on stairs lightened / Touches on hair, on table, / on candlestick, on envelope / on woman's hands; upper left verso in ink by unknown hand: 4

Wikidata ID

Q76560487

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