Women Only - Works on Paper

Over the past years, I and my colleagues in the art team have made a conscious attempt to address the omissions and erasures that are inherent in public art collections like that of the Laing Art Gallery and indeed within the canon of British art itself. With a particular focus on gender, this has manifested itself in a series of exhibitions, redisplays of the permanent collection and a refocusing of our acquisitions policy. It is therefore opportune that we are able to work in partnership with Liss Llewellyn on WOW: Women Only Works on Paper. Liss Llewellyn have long made it their mission to encourage the reappraisal of some of the less well-known figures of 20th-century art ñ who more often than not are women. In particular, their impressive publications and exhibitions have brought many women artists more mainstream attention.
Liss Llewellyn have drawn together over fifty works on paper from private collections. The selection includes a wide variety of works in a range of styles and of out- standing quality. The artists Vanessa Bell, Hilda Carline, Ithell Colquhoun, Winifred Knights and Paule VÈzelay are all represented, as well as other accomplished but less well-known artists. WOW will be shown concurrently with Challenging Convention which focuses on the work of Laura Knight, Gwen John, Vanessa Bell and Dod Procter.

Works Featured in this catalogue

Forthcoming
Jean Clark (1902 - 1999)
Study for the Committee Room of the London Bankers Clearing House, 1958
Forthcoming
Margaret Duncan (1906 - 1979)
Preparatory study for Reigate and its Environments, late 1930’s
Forthcoming
Margaret Duncan (1906 - 1979)
Jean Von-Bloch, late 1920’s
Forthcoming
Kathleen Guthrie (1905 - 1981)
From a painting by Cecil Stephenson 1938
Phyllis Ginger (1907 - 2005)
Self portrait, c.1937
£1,200
Forthcoming
Gwendolen Mary Raverat (1885 - 1957)
Whoop for the Runaway
Philip Naviasky (1894 - 1936)
Self portrait, c.1920
£4,500
Valentine Dobree (1894 - 1974)
The Event. (Tryptich), early 1960s
£16,000
Tirzah Garwood-Ravilious (1908 - 1951)
The Crocodile
£1,950
Sold
Muriel Pemberton (1909 - 1993)
Birch trees – Richmond Park, circa 1930
Sold
Phyllis Ginger (1907 - 2005)
Design for a Wedgwood Plate, circa 1944
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The original designs for Southern Harvest, circa 1941
Forthcoming
Muriel Pemberton (1909 - 1993)
Butties, early 1930’s
Sold
Marion Adnams (1898 - 1995)
Study for The Twins, 1955
Tirzah Garwood-Ravilious (1908 - 1951)
The Dog Show, 1929
£2,500
Sold
Anne Newland (1913 - 1997)
The Legend of Ceres, c. 1938-39
Forthcoming
Catherine Dawson Giles (1878 - 1955)
Crucifixion, 1936
Frances Richards (1903 - 1985)
Virgil – The Road to Town
£1,200
Forthcoming
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Milking Practice with Artificial Udders, 1940
Forthcoming
Marion Adnams (1898 - 1995)
A two part design for a Nautical Mural, 1930’s
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Apple Butter (BPL 523), Top Potential
Sold
Edith Granger-Taylor (1887 - 1958)
Small Grey Abstract, c. 1934
Forthcoming
Barbara Jones (1912 - 1978)
Mural design for the Royal Post Office, circa 1961
Frances Richards (1903 - 1985)
Hieratic Floral Figure, 1974
£975
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hog Killing, BPL 514 1942
Sold
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
Paradise,1921
Sold
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
Cartoon for Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours
Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995)
Cubist Figure
£1,800
Reserved
Phyllis Dodd (1899 - 1995)
Self Portrait, 1925
Private
Gladys Hynes (1888 - 1958)
The Railway Carriage
Forthcoming
Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)
Livestock Market, (recto) Picking Tealeaves (verso), circa 1930
Private
Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961)
Portrait of a Girl in Profile, with a Decorated Background
Sold
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
The original cartoon for The Deluge, 1920
Sold
Hilda Carline (1889 - 1950)
Portrait of Gilbert Spencer, (red chalk), circa 1919
Sold
Ithell Colquhoun (1906 - 1988)
Hyacinth and Cyclamen
Kathleen Guthrie (1905 - 1981)
Original Design for White, Red and Blue Circles in Square, c. 1939
£6,750
Sold
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
Colour Study for Foreground Figure of Woman Combing her Hair, Santissima Trinita, mid 1920’s
Paule Vezelay (1892 - 1984)
Three Forms on Grey
Forthcoming
Evelyn Gibbs (1905 - 1991)
The Road, 1925
Forthcoming
Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995)
Towers and Helmets, 1960’s
Paule Vezelay (1892 - 1984)
A Moving Form and a Yellow Circle