Portrait of a Girl (1919)

Frank Owen Dobson

chalk and pigment on paper (watercolour and charcoal)

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Paper, Chalk, Pigment

Physical Object Description:

Lead white pigment used as a highlight, and mixed with other colours on the girl's hair and neck has blackened through contamination by sulphurous pollution in the atmosphere. It is possible to regenerate the blackened white pigment and thereby restore the colour balance of the picture by converting the lead sulphide to lead sulphate.Frank Dobson's first exhibition in 1914 was of drawings and watercolours. It was as a sculptor, however, that he became remarkably successful both at home and abroad in the 1920s and 30s. His work consistently explored the theme of the female nude, with some portrait busts of friends and society figures.
Signed and dated : chalk (red) : lower right : FDobson / 20

Dimensions:

31.5 x 24.1 cm

Accession Number:

D.1931.29

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Sydney Alfred Schiff (1868-1944) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1926; presented to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1930

Relationship:

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester Sydney Alfred Schiff

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