"Executed in 1923. Together with a further work by the Artist entitled Seated Male Nude & Reclining, executed in Paris at life drawing classes at Academie Chaumière and reproduced in First Nudes, published after Gill's death in 1954 by Neville Spearman." http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/english-literature-history-childrens-books-illustrations-l14408/lot.175.html PROVENANCE