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Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939) Portrait of David Gascoyne 36 x 27.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.) (Executed circa 1934-35) image 1

Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939) Portrait of David Gascoyne 36 x 27.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.) (Executed circa 1934-35) image 2

Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939) Portrait of David Gascoyne 36 x 27.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.) (Executed circa 1934-35) image 3

Lot 37

Jessica Dismorr
(British, 1885-1939)
Portrait of David Gascoyne 36 x 27.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women

22 September – 1 October 2025, 12:00 BST

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Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939)

Portrait of David Gascoyne
signed with initials 'JSD' (lower right) and inscribed 'D.G.' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink
36 x 27.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Executed circa 1934-35

Footnotes

Provenance
Robin Ody
Joan Ody
With Wilson Stephens Fine Art, London, 11 September 2005, where acquired by
Quentin Stevenson

Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Jessica Dismorr, 1885-1939; Paintings and Drawings, 28 April-15 May 1965, cat.no.23

This portrait, and Lot 38, depict David Gascoyne and A.S.J. Tessimond, two poets from the group that Dismorr drew in 1934. They were drawn either in David Archer's bookshop near Holborn or in the café opposite, and are more probing and characterful than the other portraits in the series. Dismorr knew both men, and responded to the unhappiness in each – Gascoyne a young man of nineteen, Tessimond in his early thirties.

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