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Winifred Knights:
Four studies, mounted as one, circa 1922
Passe-partout (ref: 3163)

Pencil and coloured pencil on paper:
- top left 4 1/2 x 4 in. (11.5 x 10cm.)
- bottom left 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (5.3 x 9 cm.)
- top right 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (7 x 6 cm.)
- bottom right 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 cm.)
Framed : 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (27 x 27 cm.)

Tags: Winifred Knights pencil

Provenance: The Artist's son

On of the studies shows a Capanne, a traditional hut, made with a chestnut wood frame, built up with straw, many examples of  which Knights would have witnessed in the Italian Campagna. One such Capanne appears in  her  Tate painting Italian Landscape 1921.