€950
Constance Gore-Booth Countess Markievicz (1868-1927) Irish.
Life drawing of a young woman.
Pencil, 24½" x 18" (62 x 46cm).
In 1892, Constance Gore-Booth went to study at the Slade School of Art in London. It was at this time that Gore-Booth first became politically active and joined the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Later she moved to Paris and enrolled at the prestigious Académie Julian where she met her future husband, Casimir Markievicz, an artist from a wealthy Polish family from Ukraine.
Provenance:
Mealy's, 'Lissadell House Sale, December, 2004, ex lot 314; Private collection; Adam's & Mealy's 17 April 2007, lot 398; Private collection.
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