| Description | Includes information relating to the sale & purchase of, as well as general research about, the following works of art:
-'Calm in the Desert'. Material comprises a letter from Henry Tonks, dated 6 June 1934, concerning Orpen.
-'Child in a sun-bonnet', stock number WCA673
-'Closing time at Avignon', stock numbers 7831, 16536
-'Early Morning'
-'An Eastern Gown', stock number A793
-'The Empty Bed'
-'Flowers', stock number A2939
-'Portrait of the Right Hon. David Lloyd George, O.M., M.P.', stock number 013
-'The Holy Well'
-'Portrait of the late Roland Knoedler Esq.'
-'Sir Ray Lankester, K.G.B.'
-'Pt. of Col. T.E. Lawrence', stock number A2239
-'Portrait of the little Katz'. Material comprises a letter from Orpen, dated December 1927.
-'On the Beach, Midday'
-'Pt. of the late Mr Allan Paton Chairman of Martin's Bank, Liverpool'
-'Mme. Pavlova in Ballet Costume'
-'The Shower'
-'Pt. of a Spanish Lady', stock number LC757
-'Venezelos'
-untitled work
Also includes:
-letter from Orpen to Charles Carstairs, dated 27 November 1924, listing works of art by him to be sent to the U.S.A. by M. Knoedler & Co
-copy of a letter from Freddie Menzies, M. Knoedler & Co., New York office, to Orpen, dated 16 November 1925, concerning overpayment for the portrait of Andrew Mellon
-letter from Sir James Dunn to Charles Carstairs, dated 26 May 1926, forwarding a copy letter from Orpen suggesting which institutions and countries his works of art might be sold to; and a list of the works of art by Orpen owned by Dunn, dated 1930
-letter from Orpen to Charles Carstairs, dated 2 July 1927, explaining why he is not able to paint Mr and Mrs Katz
-two letters between Eric Maclagan, Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Letitia Simpson, dated 31 January and 4 February 1942, concerning loans of Orpen's works of art for an exhibition about British watercolours, 1919-1939
-typed notes titled 'The Slade, A Collection of Drawings and some Pictures done by past and present students of the London Slade School of Art, 1893-1907' (2pp) |
| Image Caption | Printed flyer for Orpen's picture, 'Pt. of the late Roland Knoedler', undated |