Double Sided Portrait of Philip Surrey’s Mother (Head and Shoulders and Face), 1937
graphite on paper
“Head and Shoulders” (12.5 x 9 inches (sight));
“Face” (16.5 x 9 inches (sight))
12.5 × 9 in (31.8 × 22.9 cm) (sight)
Auction Estimate:$5,000 - $7,000
Sale date:May 18 - June 1, 2021
Price Realized
$4,200
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Sotheby’s Canada, auction, Toronto, May 1993, Lot 188
Private Collection, Toronto
Varley spent Easter weekend of 1937 in Montreal with Philip Surrey and his mother. During this visit, he painted several studies of Mrs. Surrey and her young son Philip.
These drawings are included in the Varley inventory as “Head and Shoulders”, no. 756 and “Face” as VI 757.
