Oil Painting
ca. 1932 (made)
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Rex Whistler (1905-1944) painted this panel to replace a missing section of a chinoiserie wallpaper bought by Mr Samuel Courtauld at Bath. The empty frame was designed to contain Picasso's picture L'enfant au Pigeon. There is a strip of the original 19th-century chinoiserie wallpaper in the collection (P.13A-1977).
Whistler was a noted painter of murals, as well as a book-illustrator and stage-designer. Perhaps his best known murals are those in the restaurant of Tate Britain.
Whistler was a noted painter of murals, as well as a book-illustrator and stage-designer. Perhaps his best known murals are those in the restaurant of Tate Britain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Portion of a wall-paper in the chinoiserie style, with a picture frame as its central motif, painted to house Picasso's "L'Enfant au Pigeon"; Oil on canvas; Rex Whistler; From above the chimney-piece of a bedroom in No.12, North Audley Street, London; England; 1932. |
| Physical description | Portion of a wallpaper in the Chinoiserie style, with a picture frame as its central motif, painted to house Picasso's 'L'Enfant au Pigeon'; Oil on canvas; Signed and dated Rex Whistler 1932. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rex Whistler 1932' (Signed and dated.) |
| Credit line | Given by an anonymous donor |
| Object history | From above a chimney-piece of a bedroom in No. 12 North Audley Street, London. Given by an anonymous donor, 1977. The artist has provided this missing section of a chinoiserie wallpaper, bought by Mr Samuel Courtauld at Bath. A similar work was executed by the artist on the walls of a room at 39, Preston Park Avenue, Brighton, a month before he was killed. A strip of the original 19th century chinoiserie wallpaper is P.13A-1977. |
| Production | Provenance: Above the chimneypiece of a bedroom in 12, North Audley Street, London |
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| Summary | Rex Whistler (1905-1944) painted this panel to replace a missing section of a chinoiserie wallpaper bought by Mr Samuel Courtauld at Bath. The empty frame was designed to contain Picasso's picture L'enfant au Pigeon. There is a strip of the original 19th-century chinoiserie wallpaper in the collection (P.13A-1977). Whistler was a noted painter of murals, as well as a book-illustrator and stage-designer. Perhaps his best known murals are those in the restaurant of Tate Britain. |
| Associated object | P.13A-1977 (Original) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.13-1977 |
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| Record created | May 25, 2006 |
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