[Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf

[Stephen Barkway]

I agree that the portrait is not of Woolf.

Neither is this painting also being advertised for sale as possibly a portrait of VW and attributed to DG!!::

http://www.busby.co.uk/lots/26872/attributed+to+duncan+grant+%28scottish%2C+1885-1978%29+portrait

Stephen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lindsay Martin 
  To: 'Steve Posin' ; 'Pat Kane' 
  Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2016 9:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] FW: Newly discovered portrait of Vigrinia Woolf


  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

  Via IPhone


  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 

      Sent from my iPhone


      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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