Lot 75: Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A. (1889-1949)

Edward Wadsworth, A.R.A. (1889-1949)
Flowerpiece, Rose
signed and dated 'E. WADSWORTH 1945' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'Edward Wadsworth/FLOWERPIECE' (on a label attached to the reverse)
tempera on panel
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)

London, Royal Academy, May 1947, no. 839.
London, Tate Gallery, Edward Wadsworth A Memorial Exhibition, February - March 1951, no. 51.
Venice, British Council, XXVI Biennale, 1952, no. 74.
Bradford, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Edward Wadsworth 1889-1949: A Genius of Industrial England, October 1989 - January 1990, no. 137: this exhibiton travelled to London, Camden Arts Centre.
London, Tate Gallery, New Displays, 1993, no. 9.

B. Wadsworth, Edward Wadsworth: A Painter's Life, Salisbury, 1989, no. W/A 247.
J. Black, Edward Wadsworth: Form, Feeling and Calculation The Complete Paintings and Drawings, London, 2005, p. 205, no. 440, illustrated.

Mrs Edward Wadsworth, by 1952, from whom acquired by David Enders.
Estate of the late David Enders; Sotheby's, London, 21 July 2005, lot 51, where purchased by the present owner.