ID 1226123
Lot 6 | HENRY MEYNELL RHEAM (BRITISH, 1859-1920)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
The Sleeping Beauty
signed and dated 'HENRY M. RHEAM. 1899' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with bodycolour on paper
29 7/8 x 48 in. (75.6 x 121.9 cm.)
Provenance
with W.H. Embleton, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 November 1997, lot 36 when acquired by the late owner.
Literature
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, 1899, exhibition catalogue, illustrated p. 19.
Evening Argus, 18 March 1899, p. 4.
Western Daily Press, 20 March 1899, p. 3.
Bristol Times and Mirror, 20 March 1899, p. 5.
Morning Post, 20 March 1899, p. 3.
Daily News, 20 March 1899, p. 8.
Standard, 20 March 1899, p. 4.
Athenaeum, 25 March 1899, p. 377.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1899, exhibition catalogue, illustrated p. 87.
Liverpool Mercury, 25 September 1899, p. 10.
G. Bordignon, 'La ninfa svelata (1485-1525)' La Rivista de Engramma, no. 53, December 2006, p. 15 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, 1899, no. 10.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1899, no. 772.
| Artist: | Henry Meynell Rheam (1859 - 1920) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Henry Meynell Rheam (1859 - 1920) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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