ARTHUR HUGHES (LONDON 1832-1915)
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ID 1513660
Lot 134 | ARTHUR HUGHES (LONDON 1832-1915)
Estimate value
10000GBP £ 10 000 – 15 000
The Enchantress
signed 'ARTHUR HUGHES' (lower left) and with inscription 'The Enchantress/The Late Arthur Hughes' (on label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (40 x 25.1 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1921, lot 51 (2½ gns to L. Missell, Jr.).
Lockett Thomson; Christie's, London, 29 November 1937, lot 311 (3 gns to Robert Abbott).
H.W. Auerbach; Christie's, London, 5 June 1942, lot 130 (3 gns to Willis).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 6 December 1977, lot 49.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 12 June, 2001, lot 1, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
L. Roberts, Arthur Hughes; his life and works, Suffolk, 1997, p. 180, no. 118 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Arthur Hughes (1832 - 1915) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Arthur Hughes (1832 - 1915) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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