Diary extracts for Mar to April 1933

7th Mar 1933:

Nan Kivell called. Pleased with the paintings “though some were definitely disqualified.”

17th Apr 1933:

Started painting small still life group of model ship in case and clay jug with yellow glazed rim.

21st Apr 1933:

[The Slaters have] come up to scratch by buying ‘Before a Storm’ on the installment system. Queenie and Prior [friends of the family] purchased the tramp steamers at West Bay .

22nd Apr 1933:

End of my show. At the moment, nine sold. 

It sold moderately well, very low prices.

22nd Apr 1933:

Had lunch with Beddington Behrens. Wishes me to paint a little portrait of his wife. He has a fine collection. Picasso, John, Chirico, Gertler, Brook Farrer, Severini, Derain, Epstein, Dobson, Gaudier Breszka, Wyndham Lewis and . . . Eurich!