ID 1126327
Lot 194 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
Old Hall, East Bergholt
oil on canvas
28 ½ x 42 ½ in. (72.4 x 108 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by John Reade, Old Hall, East Bergholt, and acquired on his death in 1804, with the house, by the following,
Peter Godfrey (1769-1837), Old Hall, East Bergholt, and by inheritance to the following,
Miss Muriel Gore; [The Property of Miss Muriel Gore], Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1958, lot 135 (3,600 gns. to Leger),
with Leger Galleries, London, 1958.
C.H. Pittaway, by 1965.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 25, withdrawn from the sale and acquired by the present owner.
Literature
G. Reynolds, 'A Constable Discovery', Country Life, CXX, November 1956, pp. 998-99, illustrated.
G. Reynolds, Constable: The Natural Painter, London, 1965, pp. 9, 31 and 137, no. 4, illustrated.
C. Rhyne, 'Fresh Light on John Constable', Apollo, LXXXVII, March 1968, p. 228.
B. Taylor, Constable: Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, London, 1975, p. 147, no. 3, pl. 3.
R. Hoozee, L'opera completa di Constable, Milan, 1979, pp. 88-89, no. 10, illustrated.
M. Rosenthal, Constable: The Painter and his Landscape, London, 1983, pp. 23-24, fig. 21.
M. Cormack, Constable, London, 1986, pp. 31-32, fig. 22.
G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, London, 1996, I, p. 31, no. 01.1; II, pl. 112.
Exhibited
Birmingham, Birmingham City Art Gallery, Exhibition of works of art belonging to the Friends of the Art Gallery, 16 February-11 March 1962, no. 19.
London, Royal Academy, Bicentenary Exhibition, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969, no. 76 (lent by C.H. Pittaway).
London, Tate Gallery, John Constable, 1976, no. 27.
New York, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, John Constable, R.A., 1988, no. 32.
Sudbury and London, Gainsborough House and Leger Galleries, From Gainsborough to Constable: The emergence of naturalism in British landscape painting 1750-1810, 17 August-13 October 1991; 14 November-4 December 1991, no. 60.
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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