Item #207749 Portrait of Elena Meo. Edward Gordon Craig.

Portrait of Elena Meo

1902-1904. Original ink and wash drawing on paper, 7 x 10-7/8 in. mounted to board and window-matted. Fine. Item #207749

A half-length profile, with the sitter's garment spreading to fill the lower half of the image and blending into a foreground of flowering a bush. Signed "EGC 1901-1902" and inscribed on the reverse of the mount "For Nellie from Papa." Craig met the violinist Elena Meo in 1900 and formed a long-lasting romantic partnership with her. They had three children together, of whom Nellie was the second. This evocative portrait dates from the early period of their partnership.

Price: $3,500.00

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