Details HAROLD KNIGHT, R.A. (BRITISH, 1874-1961)When the cats awaysigned H Knight (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and numbered No 1/When the cats away/H Knight/8 Belgrave Sqe/Nottingham (on the artists label attached to the reverse)oil on canvas301⁄4 x 241⁄4 in. (76.8 x 61.6 cm.)Provenance A gift from the artist, and by descent until.Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 2 April 2008, lot 90.Anonymous sale; Sothebys, London, 11 July 2019, lot 65, where purchased by the present owner.Literature Academy Notes, London, 1896, p. 21.Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1896, no. 626.Special notice Artists Resale Right (Droit de Suite). Artists Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artists collection agent.This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.Conditions of SaleFAQsThis lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd来源: According to the label attached to the stretcher, this painting was executed when Knight was only nineteen, living at home with his parents and studying at the Nottingham School of Art. Three years later, after travelling to Paris to study at the Académie Julien, Knight chose it as his inaugural exhibit at the Royal Academy. It is believed to have been given by Harold Knight to a fellow student of the Nottingham School of Art known as Riley. Although Harold and Laura Knight did not move to Newlyn until 1907, When the cat’s away shows that even as a student, Knight was looking at the work of artists such as Alexander Stanhope Forbes and his wife Elizabeth, and Frank Bramley, who found that painting inside allowed them to observe different light effects. They often retreated inside to paint and some of their finest works were executed indoors.The painting is to be included in the catalogue raisonné of Laura and Harold Knight currently being compiled by R John Croft FCA, the great-nephew of the artist.