The reader
1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.9 × 50.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1963
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Michel P60
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: WYNDHAM / LEWIS. 1936
Accession Number
1260-5
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
books reading (activity) tables (support furniture) three-quarter-length figures
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