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Walter Sickert, That Boy of Mine Will Ruin Me, 1912, c.

Walter Sickert

That Boy of Mine Will Ruin Me, 1912, c.
Black chalk, pen and ink and wash with transfer grid in white chalk
35.5 x 30.5 cm
14 x 12 1/8 in
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A half recumbent man appears unconscious in the foreground, possibly in the middle of a binge. An aged woman – perhaps the boy’s mother – is sitting on a bed...
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A half recumbent man appears unconscious in the foreground, possibly in the middle of a binge. An aged woman – perhaps the boy’s mother – is sitting on a bed behind him. Through the inscription “That boy of mine will ruin me”, Sickert gives voice to her concerns.

The drawing is related to the painting That boy will be the death of me (Private Collection, Baron 2006, no. 394). The fact that it is squared for transfer suggests that this is probably also its final study.
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Provenance

Dr Robert Emmons;

H. E. du Plessis;

Browse and Delbanco, London, 1963;

Davis & Long Company, New York;

Mr & Mrs Richeson Jr.;

The Fine Art Society, London, 1988;

Bonham’s Sale, Modern Pictures, 20 September 2011, London, Knightsbridge, lot 211;

Christie’s Sale, Modern British and Irish Art, 21 March 2013, London, South Kensington, lot 30

Exhibitions

Probably London, Savile Gallery, An Exhibition of Drawings by W.R.

Sickert, ARA 1926, n. 28;

London, Leicester Galleries, 1950, Paintings and Drawings by W.R. Sickert from the Collection of Dr Robert Emmons, n. 26;

Johannesburg, Adler Fielding Galleries, 1965, Walter Richard Sickert. 1860-1942, n. D5.

Literature

R. Emmons, The Life & Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert, London, 1941, p. 200, illustrated;

Baron 2006, n. 394.1, pp. 395-396, illustrated on p. 396
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