Name: London Midinette
Brand: Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
Price: 2400.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE HUGH KENNER

Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
London Midinette
signed and dated 'Wyndham Lewis 1936.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
9½ x 9½ in. (24 x 24 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A midinette is a seamstress in a Parisian fashion house. Hugh Kenner (1923-2003) was a north American literary scholar, critic and professor, best known for his work on modernist literature. His book The Pound Era, (1971), was responsible for enshrining Ezra Pound's reputation as one of the greatest Modernists. He also wrote Wyndham Lewis (1954).