Rue Terre Neuve, Meudon

Maker Gwen John (British, 1876 - 1939)

Collections

British Drawing Selections

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1920

Mediumwatercolor over pencil on paper

Dimensions12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (30.8 x 24.1 cm.)

SignedSigned: Gwen John

InscribedSigned: Gwen John

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Label TextAfter her move to Meudon in 1911, John devoted herself to a few local subjects of a very modest nature. Although an oil painter, she was particularly prolific as a watercolorist. She often did variations on the same theme. As a result, her watercolor sketches, such as this one, are difficult to date because they are so similar in treatment. John painted several versions in oil as well as watercolor of this composition of a figure, or two, walking up a dirt road.

Status

Not on view

Object number94.17

Exhibitions

20th Century British Works on Paper