Barnett Freedman: Portrait of a woman seated on a chair, 3/4 pose, probably the artist's wife, circa 1926

Barnett Freedman: Portrait of a woman seated on a chair, 3/4 pose, probably the artist's wife, circa 1926 - on Art WW I

£900

Barnett Freedman:
Portrait of a woman seated on a chair, 3/4 pose, probably the artist's wife, circa 1926
Unmounted (ref: 8897)
Signed with initials

Wash

15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)

Tags: Barnett Freedman wash portraits women

Provenance: The Artist's family

This study is possibly a portrait - of Claudia Guercio. They married in 1926 Claudia and Barnett lived in two rooms near the Euston Road, one of which Freedman used as a studio as he sought to combine theatrical activities with oil painting, remarking later ‘I nearly starved’.