Description Acrylic on paper, signed with initials 'HG' lower right, ink on paper, 2016, inscribed 'For John, Happy Birthday Love, Hugo' and dated lower right, and ink on paper, inscribed 'Darling John/Happy 91st Birthday/Love Hugo lower right; and?Violet, transfer print on canvas, 2009, titled, dated and inscribed 'For John on his birthday/his Goddaughter Violet/XXXHugsXX' on the back of the frame.
10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (sight), 14 1/2 x 12 in. (frame), 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (sight), 16 x 14 in. (frame), 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (sight), 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (frame), 10 x 8 in., 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (frame).
Note: The young girl in the transfer print is Violet Guiness, a daughter of Hugo Guiness and artist Elliott Puckette. Guiness is best-known as a writer. He has collaborated with Wes Anderson on multiple films. His screenplay for?The Grand Budapest?Hotel?was nominated for an Academy Award.?
Both gift of the artist.
John Richardson: A Scholar Collects
Condition Report Face and?Cat?both?apparently in very good condition. Not examined out of frame.?Helmut?and Violet?both in?very good condition.
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Provenance Both gift of the artist.