ALFRED WOLMARK (1877-1961)
Dame Edith Evans (Dame Edith Mary Booth)
signed and dated Wolmark/1926 (lower right), inscribed Edith Evans (lower left)
ink
34 x 24.5 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in)

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, UK

The sitter, Dame Edith Evans (Dame Edith Mary Booth) (1888-1976) was an actress, whose career spanned almost seventy years. She played over 150 characters and achieved great fame when performing in the 1920s, mainly for her interpretation of the plays of Shakespeare. She was also known to have originated several roles for the playwright George Bernard Shaw. Her role of Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest from 1952 was one of her most famous appearances in films.

This work relates closely to an example of the same sitter by Wolmark in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Please see: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw211775/Dame-Edith-Evans-Dame-Edith-Mary-Booth