ARTIST THUMBNAILS
This early drawing displays Burra's natural gifts as a draftsman. The image is given tension by the sewing thread that runs through the woman's fingers from one area of the picture to another.
Edward Burra
Woman Sewing
Ink on Paper
38.0 x 19.0 cms (14.93 x 7.47 ins)
1924
Signed and dated
Sold
Provenance:
Lady Ritchie of Dundee, Rye, Kent
Lefevre Gallery/The Artist's Estate
Exhibited:
Edward Burra. The Formative Years (1923-1927), The Lefevre Gallery, London, 1994, cat. no. 33 (illustrated p. 33)