Dame Laura KNIGHT (1877-1970) Mornie Kerr with her doll. Oil...

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£50,000

Dame Laura KNIGHT (1877-1970) Mornie Kerr with her doll. Oil on canvas, signed and inscribed, 91x70cm, 107x86cm overall Exhibited Penlee, Summer in February, 2013 Penlee, Lamorna Colony Pioneers, 2023 Literature 'A Painter Laureate - Lamorna Birch and his circle' Austin Wormleighton, illustrated page 103. Note: This charming painting has just spent the summer at Penlee House Museum & Gallery where it has been one of the central works in their 'Lamorna Colony Pioneers' exhibition. The painting is one of a trio of works all created together on the same sunny day in the woods around Lamorna, by three of the most prominent figures of the Lamorna artists' colony; Laura Knight, Harold Knight and S.J. Lamorna Birch. On that day, Laura and Harold both painted Birch's daughter 'Mornie'. Laura opted for the large canvas of this work, Harold's was much more diminutive. Birch's painting from this day takes in a broader scene, positioning himself someway off, he captured both Laura & Harold Knight painting Mornie, also his wife 'Mouse' behind Mornie and the woods around them. The oil that SJ Lamorna Birch painted on this day has recently been acquired by Penlee House for their permanent collection. Harold Knight’s version of Mornie sold at Sotheby’s in 1999 for £35,000. Provenance: From the personal family collection of SJ Lamorna Birch. This oil was a gift from Laura Knight to the sitter Elizabeth "Mornie" Lamorna Birch.