Fitzroy Square to the north of central London was a key location in early 20th century British art. Virginia Woolf lived here for several years, a few doors down from Bloomsbury Group artist Duncan Grant, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler also had a studio.
Whistler’s studio at No8 Fitzroy Street was also where Walter Sickert (1860-1942) later formed the Fitzroy Street Group in 1907, the nucleus of the Camden Town Group.
A market-fresh drawing of the entrance to Whistler’s studio in Fitzroy Square by Sickert was the star performer of Harry Moore-Gwyn’s sale at 25 Blythe Road (20% buyer’s premium) in London on October 25.