Augustus Edwin John O.M., R.A., (British, 1878-1961)

Study of the Artist's Son, Edwin, Aged 10

Study of the Artist's Son, Edwin, Aged 10
pencil on paper
39 x 25.5cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16in).

Provenance
Jeremy Rye, from whom acquired by the present owner

The present work relates to two paintings commissioned by Sir Hugh Lane for Lindsay House, Cheyne Walk in 1909; The Lyric Fantasy, circa 1913-14 (Collection Tate, London) and Forza e Amore, subsequently over-painted as The Flute of Pan. In The Lyric Fantasy, Sir Caspar John identified the three boys on the far right of the composition as being from left to right, Caspar, Romilly and Edwin (Sir Caspar John quoting Edwin John, letter to the compiler of the Tate catalogue, 17 June 1974).