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Jul. 03, 2019
John S. Currie (British, circa 1884-1914) George Fletcher and Priests
Est: £800 - £1,200
John S. Currie (British, circa 1884-1914) George Fletcher and Priests signed with initials 'J.C.' (centre right); variously inscribed (along lower edge)pencil22.5 x 33cm (8 7/8 x 13in).Executed in 1909 The present work was completed between January-September 1909, while Currie was a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Currie took a studio in Dublin at 24a Wicklow Street, but also travelled extensively during his time in Ireland. The subject of the present work is George Fletcher, the Assistant Secretary in respect of Technical Instruction in the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. A widely-known and highly-respected educationalist, he was also a member of the Royal Dublin Society and the Royal Irish Academy and was one of many leading lights of Dublin society that Currie came to know. Fletcher's only daughter was the famous florist Constance Spry.
Bonhams
Jul. 10, 2018
John S. Currie (British, circa 1884-1914) Dolly Henry on Hampstead Heath
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
John S. Currie (British, circa 1884-1914) Dolly Henry on Hampstead Heath signed and dated 'Currie/1913' (lower right)oil on canvas61 x 46cm (24 x 18 1/8in). ProvenanceAcquired by the family of the present owner prior to the 1970sPrivate Collection, U.K.Staffordshire born John Currie studied first at the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Hanley Schools of Art and at then the Royal College of Art, London. Following a teaching position in Bristol and a period in Ireland he returned to the capital to enrol at the Slade School in the summer of 1910. There he befriended Mark Gertler and C.R.W. Nevinson and with them formed the 'Coster Gang', latterly referred to as Neo-Primitives. A gifted artist and magnetic personality he was remembered by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska as 'a great painter, and a magnificent fellow' and Michael Sadleir as 'blazing with genius'.Although married with a young son, shortly before the war Currie met a young Irish model named Dolly Henry with who he embarked on a volatile, intense affair. Utterly infatuated by late 1913 Currie had left his wife and lived with Dolly near Hampstead Heath. Their relationship was highly tempestuous, riddled with jealousy and not to last. By the following year Currie had fallen into depression. In a fit of rage fuelled by rumours that Dolly had posed nude for photographs, he went to her Chelsea apartment and shot her dead. Currie then turned the gun on himself fatally. He was just thirty years of age and she ten years his junior.In the present work Dolly is identifiable by her rounded face, dark red hair, almond shaped eyes and full cheeks. She is depicted at the foot of Hampstead Heath and the maternal arrangement is contradicted by the disconnected gaze between the two figures. The identity of the child is unknown, however the likeness to Dolly is strong, suggesting she may be a family member.
Bonhams
Dec. 12, 2013
John S. Currie (British, c.1884-1914) Cubist
Est: £100 - £200
John S. Currie (British, c.1884-1914) Cubist figure signed in pencil (lower left) pencil 9cm x 5cm. In 1910 John Currie attended the Slade School of Art in London, and was part of the 'Neo-Primitive' circle of artists at the Slade, alongside Edward Wadsworth, Christopher Nevinson, Stanley Spencer and Mark Gertler. Michael Sadler described him as 'blazing with genius'. However, he shot himself and his mistress in a fit of jealousy. His fellow artists mourned his premature death as a major loss to the British avant-garde art world.
Mallams

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