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JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. (REIGATE 1831-1902 LONDON)

Lot 249
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1443087
Lot 249 | JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. (REIGATE 1831-1902 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
JOHN BRETT, A.R.A. (REIGATE 1831-1902 LONDON)
The Grey of the Morning
oil on canvas
42 x 84 in. (106.7 x 213.4 cm.)




Provenance

Purchased from the artist by C.H.T. Hawkins (1820-1903), 1 May 1882 (£1,200).
His sale; Christie’s, London, 25 April 1896, lot 8, (470 gns to Tooth) on behalf of,
George McCulloch, 184 Queen's Gate, London (†); Christie’s, London, 29 May 1913, lot 115, (260 gns to Lady R. Christie).
Lady Rosamund Christie (d.1935), and by descent to her son
Sir John Christie (1882-1962), by whom hung in Saunton Sands Hotel, North Devon, c. 1930s, and by descent to his son
Sir George Christie (1934-2014), by whom sold with Saunton Sands Hotel in 1977, to
Percy Brend (1912-1982), Saunton Sands Hotel, North Devon, and by descent until
Anonymous sale; Lawrence's of Crewkerne, 19 October 2007, lot 1599, when acquired by
Bagshawe Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

Blackburn's Academy Notes, 1882, (illustrated p. 46).
Art Journal, 1882, pp. 211-12.
Athenaeum, 6 May 1882, pp. 544, 576-7.
Saturday Review, 29 April 1882, p. 531.
Times, 1 May 1882, p. 4.
Magazine of Art, 1882, p. 352.
Athenaeum, 1887, p. 91.
Magazine of Art, 1895, p. 156.
Athenaeum, 1897, p. 485.
C. Payne, John Brett, Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter, New Haven and London, 2010, pp. 138-9, 225, no. 955, illustrated p. 139, fig. 117.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1882, no. 506, accompanied by the following lines: 'The ripples whispered to the mussels in the grey of the morning, and the lily-white clouds got up early and peeped over the wall.' Old Play.
Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 181, lent by C.H.T. Hawkins.
Birmingham, Sea Painters' Exhibition, 1894, no. 72, lent by C.H.T. Hawkins.
London, Guildhall, Jubilee Exhibition, 1897, no. 44, lent by George McCulloch.
London, Royal Academy, The McCulloch Collection of Modern Art, Winter Exhibition 1909, no. 214.
Artist:John Brett (1831 - 1902)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Genre:Marine art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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