Frederick Carter Oils

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34.  'Legit and Variety'.  [Man in top hat and overcoat with woman and young girl on stage]
c.1920  Titled on verso: 'Legit and Variety'.  Carter believed that the Music Hall was 'legitimate theatre'.  600 x 484  Board bumped and frayed at edges.  £1300

35.  'The Black Widow's Last Word'  [In this stage scene the Black Widow, holding an umbrella, confronts a spectral figure in a top hat.  To the left is another man in black wearing a top hat and in the background a woman dressed in white].
c.1920  Titled on verso on canvas: 'The Black Widow's Last Word'  Signed on the stretcher:  'F. Carter'  605 x 529  Canvas  £950

36.  'Yvette and Lautrec'.
Carter lived in Paris, shortly after Lautrec died, when Yvette Guilbert was still a popular attraction.  505 x 405 Canvas.    £950

37.  'Showgirl'  [Nude in forest, holds material above her head]
c.1935   Titled on verso on the stretcher:  'Showgirl'.  Canvas worn and frayed to wood at edges of stretcher, especially at the bottom of the picture.  There is a small hole in the top right hand area which was deliberately caused by Carter wielding his umbrella.  In later life he destroyed his oils or attacked many of them with his umbrella as an act of artistic frustration or nemesis!  501 x 410  Canvas   £450

38.  'Columbine'  [Based on the Commedia dell' arte production at Clavier Hall]
Canvas worn and frayed to wood at edge of stretcher.  505 x 400   c.1920  £1000