Four Friends

1946

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

The image shows a line drawing of two individuals seated in a relaxed pose. Both figures are depicted from the waist up. The individual on the left has a serene expression, looking down. They wear a headscarf tied in a bow and a buttoned garment. The person on the right looks in another direction and wears similar attire. Both have delicate facial features and long hairstyles partially covered. The left figure has a floral skirt on their knees and rests an arm on a rod-like object. The right figure holds a bird on their other arm. The background is simple with scattered floral designs on the ground around them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.8 x 13 cm (7 x 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 18.2 cm (11 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 137

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. 137.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: RSA; lower left in graphite: 2nd state 2 proofs 2 November 1946; lower center in graphite: Robert Austin 1946; lower verso in graphite: 2 115

Wikidata ID

Q76560507

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