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Fyffe Christie:
Head and shoulders of Eleanor, the artist's future wife, with a wolley hat, eyes lowered, circa 1950
Unmounted (ref: 5640)
Pencil
18 x 12 1/2 in. (45.8 x 32 cm.)

Tags: Fyffe Christie pencil

Provenance: in the artist’s possession until 1979; thence with
his wife Eleanor Christie-Chatterley until 2012.
Literature: Buckman, David, Nature and Humanity, The Work
of Fyffe Christie, 1918:1979, Sansom & Co, 2004

 Eleanor, the artist's future wife, recalls that she wore a woolly hat when she was courting Fyffe Christie in 1950.  Christies met Eleanor in 1950 when teaching evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. With his wife Eleanor, a sculptor, he moved to London in 1957 and again taught, while completing murals and much other work. Christie and his wife held a show at Woodlands Gallery in 1979, shortly before he died.

We are grateful to Eleanor Christie-Chatterley for assistance.