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An image of Canadian soldier by Augustus Edwin John

Augustus Edwin John

(Wales 1878–1961)

Title
Canadian soldier
Year
1918
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

80.7 x 59.7cm stretcher; 106.7 x 86.3 x 8.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed u.r., grey paint "John". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1930
Accession number
967
Copyright
© Augustus John/The Bridgeman Art Library
Location
19th & 20th c European art
Provenance (2)

Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd (England), 14 Mar 1930, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Arthur Tooth & Sons 1930

Augustus John (Wales, b.1878, d.1961), 1918-14 Mar 1930, Purchased by Arthur Tooth & Sons from Augustus John, 14 March 1930. Sold on the same day to the AGNSW. Tooth stock no. 8956

Bibliography (3)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 96 (illus.).

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Twenty three British painters, Sydney, 1953, 8. cat.no. 21

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 112. cat.no. 1136

Exhibition history (2)

Unknown, City of Nottingham Art Museum Special Exhibition 1922, City of Nottingham Art Museum and Art Gallery, 1922–1922.

Twenty three British painters: NAGNSW Travelling Art Exhibitions 1953, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1953–1953.