FINE ART : PAINTINGS

Title: The Red Hammock (1936)
Object Name: Painting
Maker: Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (Primary maker)
Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941 (maker)
Lavery, John (Sir) 1856 - 1941 (artist)
Date Made: 1936
1936
1906 & 1923 - 1936
Description: A woman dressed in a frilled, layered, white dress with large gaping sleeves, white heeled shoes and a white pearl necklace. She reclines on a red hammock in a garden, trimmed with tassels, and rests her head on a large floral pillow. Vibrant red hair and lips. She holds a parasol aloft in one hand and extend the other behind.
Materials: oil on canvas
Catalogue Number: BELUM.U66
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