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Artist/Maker
Wyndham Lewis
(British, born Canada, 1882 - 1957)
Date1938
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsComposition: 19 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (49.5 × 39.7 cm)
Frame: 26 1/4 × 22 1/4 × 2 in. (66.7 × 56.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1991.126
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2010
Madrid, Spain. Fundación Juan Marc. "Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)," February 5 - May 16, 2020 (no cat).
2006
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 16 - December 30, 2006 (no cat.);
2005
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus. 10);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 21);
1980
Manchester (City of Manchester Art Gallery), "Wyndham Lewis," 1980;
1956
London (Tate Gallery). "Wyndham Lewis," 1956. (cat. no. 147).
Madrid, Spain. Fundación Juan Marc. "Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)," February 5 - May 16, 2020 (no cat).
2006
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection," January 16 - December 30, 2006 (no cat.);
2005
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus. 10);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 21);
1980
Manchester (City of Manchester Art Gallery), "Wyndham Lewis," 1980;
1956
London (Tate Gallery). "Wyndham Lewis," 1956. (cat. no. 147).
Provenance
1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
after 1971 - 1991: Omar S. Pound, acquired from the Estate of Agnes Bedford;
? - at least 1971: Agnes Bedford, most likely acquired directly from the artist.
after 1971 - 1991: Omar S. Pound, acquired from the Estate of Agnes Bedford;
? - at least 1971: Agnes Bedford, most likely acquired directly from the artist.
Published References
David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992): Rosella Blanding "Percy Wyndham Lewis," 31, [checklist] 63.
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art newsletter, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art newsletter, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"
Signature
Signed and dated in ink at lower left: WYNDHAM LEWIS 1938
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on verso at lower left [on canvas]: Best / Roberson [underlined]
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1947
Medium: Black and colored chalk on paper
Object number: 1993.18
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1942
Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor on paper
Object number: 1993.17
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1918
Medium: Charcoal, pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache wash on paper
Object number: 1995.73
Wyndham Lewis
Date: early 20th century
Medium: India ink and watercolor on envelope
Object number: 1994.127
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1945
Medium: India ink and watercolor with traces of grey chalk on paper
Object number: 1994.128
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1925
Medium: India ink and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1994.129
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1920
Medium: Gouache, ink, and watercolor with collage on paper
Object number: 1994.130
Wyndham Lewis
Date: 1938
Medium: Double-sided drawing with transparent watercolor wash over graphite and charcoal (recto) and graphite (verso) on paper
Object number: 2004.3a-b