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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is the comment from Frances Spalding:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>“When I did the Woolf exhibition at the NPG we were regularly assailed with portraits said to be of Woolf as they had her name written on the back. This is not Woolf, and there is nothing other than the name written on the back to link it with her in any way. Anyone who buys it would have to more than half blind!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#C0504D'>Lindsay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#C0504D'>0208 245 3580/07734 106131<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Posin<br><b>Sent:</b> 04 October 2016 00:35<br><b>To:</b> Pat Kane<br><b>Cc:</b> vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Agreed. This may be authenticated as a portrait of VW but the painter has little skill in capturing even a vague likeness <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Posin<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>415 596 8125<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Via IPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Pat Kane <<a href="mailto:wiredogs@gmail.com">wiredogs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>What I intended to add: is this artist's work well known?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Pat Kane<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Pat Kane <<a href="mailto:wiredogs@gmail.com">wiredogs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sometimes a portrait artist captures more of the interior than exterior. Is this <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Oct 3, 2016, at 4:30 PM, Jean Mallinson <<a href="mailto:annaj@telus.net">annaj@telus.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p>I thought the same! It's nice finding the portrait but it scarcely resembles the VW we know well from photographs.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Jean<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/3/2016 9:27 AM, Lindsay Martin wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What a dreadful likeness!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold ;color:#C0504D","serif"'>Lindsay C Martin</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold ;color:#C0504D","serif"'>0208 245 3580/07734 106131</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Vwoolf [<a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu">mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristin Czarnecki<br><b>Sent:</b> 03 October 2016 16:45<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good morning, all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here’s an item that may be of interest to you. Maybe if we pooled our pennies….</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kristin</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Denys Wilcox [<a href="mailto:denys.wilcox@btinternet.com">mailto:denys.wilcox@btinternet.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 03, 2016 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kristin Czarnecki <<a href="mailto:Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu">Kristin_Czarnecki@georgetowncollege.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:alice.keane@qc.cuny.edu">alice.keane@qc.cuny.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:ann.martin@usask.ca">ann.martin@usask.ca</a>; <a href="mailto:Drew.Shannon@msj.edu">Drew.Shannon@msj.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:ivwsarchive@att.net">ivwsarchive@att.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I wanted to alert you to this newly discovered oil portrait of Virginia Woolf by the French painter <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Marguerite Darbour (1865-1940)</span></strong>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><mime-attachment.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Painted c. 1920s</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Oil on canvas. 28.5 x 23.5 inches.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Signed and inscribed with title to the revere.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Provenance: The Artist’s Estate; Private collection, Nice</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>An extremely rare and hitherto unknown portrait of Virginia Woolf from life by the French painter Marguerite Darbour (1865-1940). The work was most likely painted on one of the Woolf's many visits to France during the 1920s and 30s. The portrait remained in a private collection in Nice, France until recently. Marguerite Darbour (1865-1940) exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants from 1903 and became a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1922. She specialised in portrait and landscape subjects and had studios in Paris and Cassis. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Court Gallery are offering the work for sale at £16,500.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Denys Wilcox</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.courtgallery.com">www.courtgallery.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>01984 639969</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>07890 409703</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Vwoolf mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>