Anna Magnet

Lilias Torrance Newton (1896-1980)
Anna, c. 1923 

"[Lilias] Torrance Newton went on to make portraiture her specialty; she had to support herself and her young son during the Depression, since her marriage had ended in divorce after her husband’s bankruptcy and abandonment of the family." 

- Excerpt from the catalogue Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment, an exhibition organized by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection with the exceptional support of the National Gallery of Canada.

6.5 x 9 cm (2.5 x 3.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.