ID 998959
Lot 43 | FRANK CADOGAN COWPER, R.A. (BRITISH, 1877-1958)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor
signed and dated ‘F.C. COWPER/1920’ (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'Rosamund and Queen Eleanor/ Cadogan Cowper A.R.A./ 3. Edwards Square Studios/ Kensington/ London, W.' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 3/8 x 50 1/4 in. (102.5 x 127.5 cm.)
Provenance
J. Russell Knowles.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 10 June 1921, lot 148.
Possibly The Artist's Studio sale, Jackson-Stops, Cirencester, 17 March 1959, part of lot 51, as Fair Rosamund.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, October 28 2003, lot 69, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
The Saturday Review, 1 May 1920, p. 407.
Illustrated London News, 8 May 1920, p. 786.
The Connoisseur, Vol. LX, No. CCXL, August 1921, p. 136.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1920, no. 233.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877 - 1958) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877 - 1958) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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