Reclining Study (no.1) in Prussian Blue Scottish Show 2022 as he is internationally collected

as he is internationally collected and sits in many public collections including the Tate and what’s more was a much respected professor of painting at the Royal Academy Schools

Intriguingly the lot was accompanied by an open letter from Grant in praise of Whitten so perhaps they were friends

Unlike so many celebrity portraits this was certainly painted from life

that is more reminiscent of a moment caught by a snapped photograph than the hours of sitting she must have endured

This is an earlyish work for Radford and quite different from his current output

Reclining Study (no.1) in Prussian Blue Scottish Show 2022 as he is internationally collected