Winifred Knights: Self-portrait sketching at a table - on Art WW I

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Winifred Knights:
Self-portrait sketching at a table

Unmounted (ref: 7004)
c.1916
Watercolour over pencil on paper
38.5x24cm

Tags: Winifred Knights drawing pencil watercolour



Provenance: Private Collection


Produced soon after Knights enrolled at the Slade, this self-portrait creates a candid image of the artist as a young woman. Knights represents herself in the act of sketching, her direct gaze conveying a strong sense of self-confidence.


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