signed first edition Hardcover
1952 · London
by JOHN, Augustus
London: Cape, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trifle sunned at the crown, corners a little bumped and faint tape shadows where an address label in John's hand had been affixed (and has now been removed and laid in). This copy Inscribed by the painter to Hope Montgomery Scott and her husband Edgar: "To Hope & Edgar with love Augustus 1952." Laid in is a postcard with an affectionate (unsigned) Easter inscription to Hope Scott. In the text John mentions staying at Oliver St. John Gogarty's home where he painted both Mrs. Scott and W.B. Yeats. He mentions Scott with warm affection and comments on her great beauty. A pleasing and significant association between the artist and his model. John was one of the foremost portraitists of his time.
(Inventory #: 965)