JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)

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Los 69 | JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)
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JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER, R.A. (LONDON 1775-1851)

The Splügen Pass

inscribed 'BAINS/...' (lower center)

pencil and watercolor heightened with bodycolor and with scratching out on paper

29 x 45 cm (11 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)





Provenance

Thomas Griffith, by whom sold in 1842 to

H.A.J. Munro of Novar; Christie's, 6th April 1878, lot 83 (1,000 gns to Agnew as ‘Baths of Pfeffers’).

Alfred William Hunt, by whom given to

John Ruskin, May 1878, by whom bequeathed to

Arthur Severn.

with Agnew's, London.

Alexander T. Hollingsworth, March 1923; Christie's, 19 April 1929, lot 79 (1,800 gns. to Leggatt)

F.J. Nettlefold, and by descent.

with Marlborough Fine Art, London.

with Agnew's, London, where purchased by

James Biddle.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 29th February 1984, lot 100.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14th July 1992, lot 85.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 24, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

W.E. Frost and H. Reeve, A Complete Catalogue of Paintings, Water-Colour Drawings, Drawings and Prints in the Collection of the late High Andrew Johnstone Munro, Esq., of Novar, London 1865, p.121, no.40, ‘Pass of the Splügen’

J. Ruskin, Notes by Mr Ruskin on his Drawing by the late J.M.W. Turner, R.A., Exhibited at the Fine Art Society’s Galleries, March 1878, pp. 71-80.

J. Ruskin, Epilogue to 'Modern Painters', II, 1883 ed.

J. Ruskin, Praeterita, vol. II, chapter IV, sections 71-73, 1886-7

J. Ruskin, Notes...on his Water-Colours by J. M. W. Turner, RA, 1900, pp. 50-1, no. 50, 58-65.

F. Wedmore, Turner and Ruskin, 1900, p. 298.

E. Dillon, ‘Turner’s Last Swiss Drawings’, Art Journal, 1902, p.332.

Sir W. Armstrong, Turner, London, 1902, pp. 134 and 273.

E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn, Works of John Ruskin, IV, 1903, p. 344, and XIII, 1904, pp. 475-85, 487-8, 519, pl. 25 (opposite p.480), and XXXV, 1908, pp. 309-310.

C.R. Grundy and F. Gordon Roe, Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Nettlefold Collection, IV, 1938, pp. 36-37.

A.J. Finberg, The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., Oxford, 1939, and 2nd ed. 1961, pp. 389, 400.

J. Evans and J.H. Whitehouse (ed.), The Diaries of John Ruskin, London, 1956-59, p. 273.

K. Clark, Ruskin and his circle, Arts Council catalogue, 1964, p.30, no.101

M. Hardie, Watercolour Painting in Britain II The Romantic Period, London, 1967, p. 39-40.

E. Joll, Agnew's 150th Anniversary Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolours by J. M. W. Turner, R.A., 1967, no. 86, p. 92-3.

L. Herrmann, Ruskin and Turner, London, 1968, pp. 20-21.

J. Russell and A. Wilton, Turner in Switzerland, London, 1976, pp. 19, 20, 27, 109, 138.

A. Wilton, The Life and Work of J. M. W. Turner, Fribourg, 1979, pp. 105, n. 21 and 483, no. 1523.

S. Whittingham, 'News & Sales Information', Turner Studies, vol. 2, n° 1, Summer 1982, p. 60.

Country Life, 9 February 1984, supplement p. 35, illustrated.

S. Whittingham, 'News & Sales Information', Turner Studies, vol. 4, n° 1, Summer 1984, p. 62.

T. Hilton, John Ruskin. The Early Years 1819-1859, New Haven and London, 1985, pp.65-7.

A. Wilton, Turner and his Time, London, 1987, pp. 223-225.

K. Wanner, ‘William Turner und Robert Browning – zwei Engländer im Passdorf Splügen’, Bündner Monatsblatt, Chur, 1, 1988, pp.33-62, fig.6.

Christie's Review of the Season 1992, London, 1992, p. 53.

I. Warrell, Through Switzerland with Turner, London, 1995, pp. 121-2, fig.37 and pp.149-151.

J.S. Dearden, ‘John Ruskin and the Splügen’, Turner Society News, No.74, December 1996, pp.3-5.

T. Hilton, John Ruskin. The Later Years, New Haven and London 2000, pp.391-2.

R. Hewison (ed.), Ruskin’s Artists. Studies in Victorian Visual Economy, Aldershot, 2000, pp.4, 6, 13.

I. Warrell in R. Hewison, I. Warrell and S. Wildman, Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, London, 2000, p.129, no. 112.



Exhibited

London, Fine Art Society, 1878 (as an ‘ex cat’ addition).

London, Royal Academy, Winter 1886, no. 22.

London, Guildhall, Turner Exhibition, 1899, no. 159.

London, Fine Art Society, Water-Colours by J.M.W. Turner, R.A, 1900, no. 50.

London, Royal Academy, Winter 1901, no. 119.

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Turner, 1913, no. 22.

London, Leggatt Bros., J.M.W. Turner, R.A., October-November 1960, no. 22.

London, Arts Council, Ruskin and his circle, 1964, no. 101.

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Turner, November-December 1967, no. 86.

London, Thos. Agnew & Sons, Master Paintings 1470-1820, 18th May-30th July 1982, no. 47.

Paris, Grand Palais, J.M.W. Turner, October 1983-January 1984, no. 243.



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