ID 1344958
Lot 215 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
Portrait study of Jane or Ann Gubbins (recto); Wooded landscape, Epsom (verso)
inscribed 'Epsom' (upper right)
pencil on wove paper
4 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (10.8 x 16.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Colnaghi's, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 18 November 1971, lot 50, as part of the Ridley-Colborne album (the album, £9,000), where acquired by,
Dr S. Gerrard.
with William Darby, London.
Harold Day.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1983, lot 76.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 8 June 2000, lot 13.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 June 2005, lot 37, from where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
H. Day, Constable Drawings, Eastbourne, 1975, pl. 175.
G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, London, 1996, no. 06.100, pl. 484 (recto), no. 06.101, pl. 479 (verso).
H. Day, Constable, The Harold A.E. Day Collection of Paintings & Drawings, Hobart, 2003, p. 81.
Exhibited
London, William Darby, Exhibition of Drawings by John Constable R.A., 9 - 26 May 1972, no. 36, illustrated.
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | John Constable (1776 - 1837) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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