Henrietta, 1998

Category: Drawings

Artist: Maggi Hambling

Subject: Drawings

Date of Work: 31 August

Year of Work: 1998

Media: charcoal on paper

Size: 30" x 22.48"

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Early in 1998 Henrietta Moraes, Queen of London's Soho in the fifties and erstwhile model for Francis Bacon, met Maggi Hambling. Their relationship is recorded in this continuous series of intense portraits made during the last nine months of Henrietta's life.

Please also see, ‘Maggi & Henrietta’ Published by Bloomsbury, 2001. Book available from this website. See publications.

author: iapmag