Artist Evelyn Dunbar: Study I for designs for an embroidered quilt [HMO 689]

Artist Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960): Study I for designs for an embroidered quilt [HMO 689]

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Evelyn Dunbar (1906-1960):
Study I for designs for an embroidered quilt [HMO 689]
Framed (ref: 6748)
Pencil and watercolour on paper


22 x 14.3 in. (55.9 x 36.2 cm)

See all works by Evelyn Dunbar pencil watercolour allegory design 2.dunbar 2022 Dunbar catalogue Evelyn Dunbar - The Last Works Evelyn Dunbar at The Watts Gallery



Provenance: Roger Folley; Alasdair Dunbar; Hammer Mill Oast Collection

Exhibited: Evelyn Dunbar - The Lost Works, Pallant House Gallery, October 2015 - February 2016, cat 117. Literature: Evelyn Dunbar - The Lost Works, eds Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, July 2015, cat 117, page 166-167-168; Evelyn Dunbar: A Life in Painting, Christopher Campbell-Howes, October 2016. The quilt in question was to be made by Dunbar and Charles Mahoney as a gift for Mahoney’s mother Bessie.


We are grateful to Christopher Campbell-Howes for assistance.