Wandering Sinnte
Augustus Edwin John R.A., O.M. 1878 - 1961
Summary
In 1906 John went to Normandy with Wyndham Lewis where they fell in with a large band of Piedmontese gypsies. This charcoal drawing is based on a pencil sketch made at the time. It is one of John's most successful figure compositions. Executed in a style he usually reserved for exhibition pictures, it has the appearance of a cartoon although it was never in fact painted.
Object Name
Wandering Sinnte
Creators Name
Date Created
exh 1909
Dimensions
unframed: 110cm x 84cm
framed: 123.2cm x 95.6cm
accession number
1925.372
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Black chalk
Credit
Gift of Mr Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925
Legal
© the Artist’s Estate. All Rights Reserved 2021/ Bridgeman Images
