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Provenance
Professor Joan Kerr (1938-2004), Power Institute University of Sydney and the Australian National University
Private collection, Australia
Thence by descent
An elegant bust length, almost Vestal Virgin looking, young maiden in blue robe and saffron dress poses in profile to the right. This full faced beauty is one of the Avico sisters, probably Marietta, Godward's last model in London. The noted Doctor Sir William E. L. H. Crowther (1887-1981) was an avid collector of Victorian art, his collection including a similar sized work by the artist, also dated 1922, now in The Australian Club, Melbourne. He may have been the source of the picture in Joan Kerr's collection.
We are grateful to Vern G. Swanson for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The work will be included in Dr. Swanson's forthcoming book on the artist.