Lot 129: Allan Gwynne-Jones, R.A. (1892-1982)

Allan Gwynne-Jones, R.A. (1892-1982)
O'Brien's West End Amusement Park, Tottenham Court Road, 1925
signed and inscribed '"Study of Fair" held in mid thirties/on white ground behind Meux/Brewery at the corner of Tottenham/Court road & New Oxford St./Done at night by candlelight in/a disused house. oil on canvas/painted entirely out of doors/The "painting" was purhcased by/Sir Gerald Kelly & was in his/possesion till his death and was/lent by Lady Kelly for the Exhibition/held at Agnews in March 1972 (to mark my 80th birthday) This study in oils was pretty/closely ... in the final/picture - even though a great/many other studies were made/for it. A number of these/studies chiefly as gouaches are in the possession of M. Brouisley Ford./painted by/Allan Gwynne - Jones D.S.A. RA I think the date of the study was/mid twenties, not thirties, while/I was professor of painting at the Royal Academy of Art' (on a label attached to the backboard)
oil on canvas
9 x 11¾ in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm.)

London, Agnew's, Allan Gwynne-Jones: An Exhibition to Mark his 80th Birthday, March 1972, catalogue not traced.

Sir Gerald Kelly.