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Contact Exhibitor| Artist Name | Joseph Edward Southall (Nottingham 1861 - 1944 Birmingham) |
|---|---|
| Title | Contentment |
| Date of Artwork | 1928 |
| Medium | Watercolor on vellum on linen-covered stretcher |
| Size | 14 1/2 x 10 2/3 in. • 367 x 275 mm |
| Signed | Monogrammed & dated 'ES 1928' Inscribed 'PORTRAITS OF BESSIE & TODDIE Joseph Southall 1928' (verso) |
| Framed Dimensions | 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. • 57 x 47 cm |
Provenance
Her sale, Edwards, Birmingham, 23 March 1948, lot 249;
Sotheby's, London, 19 March 1979, lot 17;
The Fine Art Society, London;
Alan Fortunoff (1932-2000), New York;
The Fine Art Society, London, 2005
Literature
‘Up Front’, The Observer Colour Magazine, 18 March 1979, p. 23
George Breeze, Peyton Skipwith & Abbie N. Sprague, Sixty works by Joseph Southall, 1861-1944 from the Fortunoff Collection, Fine Art Society, London, 2005, pp 98-99, no. 23, ill.</p
Exhibition History
London, New English Art Club, Summer Exhibition, 1928, no. 99
Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Autumn Exhibition, 1928, no. 143
Paris, Société National des Beaux-Arts, Salon, 1929, no. 1573
London, Leicester Galleries, Joseph Southall, 1931, no. 46
Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Joseph Southall, 1933, no. 57
Birmingham, City Museum & Art Gallery, Memorial Exhibition of Works by the late Joseph Southall, 1945, no. 65;
London, Royal Watercolour Society;
Bournemouth.
Birmingham, City Musuem & Art Gallery, Joseph Southall, 1861-1944: Artist-Craftsman, 1980, no. E12;
London, The Fine Arts Society, 14 October – 7 November 1980.
London, The Fine Art Society, Sixty works by Joseph Southall, 1861-1944 from the Fortunoff Collection, 15 March – 16 April 2005;
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 23 April – 4 June 2005.</p