Madame Yevonde (1893-1975)

PAUL ROBESON, 1933. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image size 295 x 230mm, sheet size 308 x 240mm. Mounted, mount size 510 x 407mm, with typewritten 'Yevonde Portrait Archive' copyright label bearing the title and attribution verso.

A print of this image is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London [NPG x29838]

Provenance:

Gifted to the present owner directly from Lawrence Hole. Hole was the curator of the Madame Yevonde archive prior National Portrait Gallery's acquistion of the archive in 2021.

Literature:

Freestone, Yevonde: Life and Colour. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2023, p.64

Gibson, Roberts, Madame Yevonde: Colour, Fantasy & Myth. London: National Portrait Gallery, 1990, p.52