[Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf

[Lindsay Martin]

This is the comment from Frances Spalding:

 

“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!”

 

 

Lindsay

0208 245 3580/07734 106131

 

From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Posin
Sent: 04 October 2016 00:35
To: Pat Kane
Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf

 

Agreed.  This may be authenticated as a portrait of VW but the painter has little skill in capturing even a vague likeness 



Steve Posin

415 596 8125

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On Oct 3, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Pat Kane <wiredogs at gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry. 

What I intended to add: is this artist's work well known?

Pat Kane

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On Oct 3, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Pat Kane <wiredogs at gmail.com> wrote:

Sometimes a portrait artist captures more of the interior than exterior. Is this 

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On Oct 3, 2016, at 4:30 PM, Jean Mallinson <annaj at telus.net> wrote:

I thought the same! It's nice finding the portrait but it scarcely resembles the VW we know well from photographs.

Jean

 

On 10/3/2016 9:27 AM, Lindsay Martin wrote:

What a dreadful likeness!

 

Lindsay C Martin

0208 245 3580/07734 106131

 

From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Czarnecki
Sent: 03 October 2016 16:45
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: [Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf

 

Good morning, all,

 

Here’s an item that may be of interest to you. Maybe if we pooled our pennies….

 

Kristin

 

From: Denys Wilcox [mailto:denys.wilcox at btinternet.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 11:06 AM
To: Kristin Czarnecki <Kristin_Czarnecki at georgetowncollege.edu>
Cc: alice.keane at qc.cuny.edu; ann.martin at usask.ca; Drew.Shannon at msj.edu; ivwsarchive at att.net
Subject: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf

 

I wanted to alert you to this newly discovered oil portrait of Virginia Woolf by the French painter Marguerite Darbour (1865-1940).

 

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Painted c. 1920s

Oil on canvas. 28.5 x 23.5 inches.

Signed and inscribed with title to the revere.

Provenance: The Artist’s Estate; Private collection, Nice

 

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. 

 

The Court Gallery are offering the work for sale at £16,500.

 

Kind regards,

 

Denys Wilcox

 

www.courtgallery.com

01984 639969

07890 409703

 






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