The Somnambulist (1943)

Robin Ironside

gouache on paper

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Gouache, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Surrealist drawing of an enchanted castle painted in complementary colours purple and yellow

Dimensions:

41.9 x 69.8 cm

Accession Number:

N05459

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1944

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from The Redfern Gallery by John Rothenstein (1901-1992) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1943; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1944

Relationship:

John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein The Redfern Gallery, London Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

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