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Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939) Girls in a Park 62 x 46.4 cm. (24 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.) Painted in 1934 image 1

Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939) Girls in a Park 62 x 46.4 cm. (24 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.) Painted in 1934 image 2

Lot 42

Jessica Dismorr
(British, 1885-1939)
Girls in a Park 62 x 46.4 cm. (24 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.) Painted in 1934

Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women

22 September – 1 October 2025, 12:00 BST

Online, London, New Bond Street

Sold for £28,160 inc. premium

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Jessica Dismorr (British, 1885-1939)

Girls in a Park
pencil and oil on board
62 x 46.4 cm. (24 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1934

Footnotes

Provenance
R.H.M. Ody
Mrs Conway
Private Collection, U.K.
Sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 March 2016, lot 72, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, New Burlington Galleries, The London Group: Thirty-Second Exhibition, 12-30 November 1934, cat.no.145
Possibly London, The Mayor Gallery, Jessica Dismorr 1885-1939, Paintings and Drawings, 28 April-15 May 1965, cat.no.16 (as Children around the Maypole)

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