PORTRAIT OF ANNA JOHN
oil on canvas
51 x 41cm; 20 1/4 x 16in
60.5 x 50.5cm; 24 x 19 3/4in (framed)

Property from a Private Collection, Kent

Provenance
Fokko Kortlang, 'Shepway', Ashford (acquired in the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Painted in the mid-1950s, Anna John (b. 1930) is the eldest daughter of David John, and the eldest granddaughter of Augustus and Ida John. As well as sitting for Dargie, Anna sat for her grandfather on at least three occasions. John nominated Dargie for membership of the Royal Academy in 1951 and Dargie stayed in London in the mid-1950s for eighteen months, when the present work was painted. Anna was married to the Glaswegian artist and cartoonist John McGlashan (1927-1999).

We are grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance in cataloguing this work.