George Elmslie Owen
Cubist Composition (Artist's Studio), 1928
Gouache
10 x 6.5 inches
Signed and dated
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Provenance
Private collection, Scotland
Note: Owen studied at Edinburgh College of Art, 1921–3, with Gerald Moira, then at L’Académie Moderne, Paris, 1923–5, with Amédée Ozenfant and Fernand Léger. Exhibited RA, LG, NEAC, RBA and RSA.
An exceptionally rare early cubist work made when Owen was studying under Léger.