Welch, Denton [1915-1948]

Portrait of Noel Cousins in a swing

1940s

with old label titled “Noel Cousins”

290 by 170mm (11½ by 6¾ inches), light ‘sight line’ from old mount

Noel Cousins was interviewed by James Methuen Campbell for his biography ‘Denton Welch: writer and artist’, 1984 and quotes him as saying “Noel Cousins who frequently went out painting with DW in the Hadlow Road years, remembers that DW did not have a very clear idea what the finished picture would be like.’’

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