Leon Kossoff British, 1926-2019
Head of Peggy (No. 2), 1974
oil on board
38 x 28.5 cm
15 x 11.2 in
Kossoff ’s wife was given the names ‘Rosalind’ and ‘Peggy’ seemingly interchangeably in the titles of his paintings. She was called Rosalind at school, among friends and in formal correspondence,...
Kossoff ’s wife was given the names ‘Rosalind’ and ‘Peggy’
seemingly interchangeably in the titles of his paintings. She
was called Rosalind at school, among friends and in formal
correspondence, but known as Peggy by her immediate
family. Thirty-five portraits of her survive.
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