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Vivien Gribble (1888-1932) Portrait of Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris oil on canvas 54 x 49cm Provenance: By descent to the artist's daughter Sale; Christie's South Kensington, Friday 5 June 1987 The present lot, a portrait of Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris, is thought to have been painted by Vivien Gribble between 1927 and 1932.The daughter of an artist mother and a High Sheriff father, Chelsea-born Gribble enjoyed a privileged childhood before journeying to Munich to commence her artistic career. Later, she would trace her mother’s footsteps as she enrolled at the Slade School of Art, where she trained under Noel Rooke. After serving in the Land Army, Gribble met her husband, Douglas Doyle-Jones, a barrister from a similarly wealthy background. In addition to owning Valley Farm in Higham, the couple also owned ‘The Pound’, which was left to Morris, a former tutor of Gribble, upon her death in 1932.Although she is today known for her delicate wood engravings, the bright patchwork palette of the present lot demonstrates the impact that Morris’ tutelage had on Gribble’s practice. There is a puncture from the abck of the canvas which you can see from hte front at the neck. There are stretcher lines at the top and bottom of the canvas with a small amount of cracking. There is also another faint line towards the lower section of the painting which may be the result of the canvas having been rolled at some point.

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