Head of a Girl

The sitter has been identified as Shirley Solomon, daughter of Ethel Solomon (Mrs. Robert B Solomon), who held a number of prominent posts at Ben Uri including Vice President (1937), Chair (1948-56), member of the Art Committee (1931-56), Chair of the Art Committee (1936-56) and member of the Exhibition Committee (1956). It is not clear whether the portrait was commissioned but it is included in a photograph of the artist's St John's Wood studio, taken c. 1938.