Portrait Study of a Young Girl
Portrait Study of a Young Girl
More than his brother, portraiture was at the heart of Gilbert's oeuvre, as was the making of finished portraits in graphite. The two drawings listed on this website, one made in his early thirties and the other in his late forties, illustrate the durability of this practice throughout his career.
The subject of the present, finely modelled and characterful drawing, rather resembles Stanley's daughter Shirin as seen in a photograph taken in 1929. Shirin was born in 1925, and the drawing is dated 1926. It is possible, but unlikely, that Gilbert signed the drawing in subsequent years and misremembered the date.
Dimensions:
Pencil
Signed and dated 1926
This drawing is included in Professor Paul Gough and Dr Amy Lim's online catalogue of the works of Gilbert Spencer
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