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JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 LONDON)

Lot 40
06.07.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 40 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 LONDON)
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£ 600 000 – 800 000
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 LONDON)

Helmingham Dell

oil on canvas

28 1/2 x 36 3/4 in. (72.5 x 93.5 cm.)





Provenance

with Shepherd Brothers, London, from whom acquired July 1908 by the following,

Thomas Walter Bacon (1863-1950), and by descent to his son,

Anthony Walter Bacon (1902-1999), and by descent until 2001.

Private collection, New York.

Acquired by the present owners in 2014.



Literature

Sir C. J. Holmes, 'A Dell in Helmingham Park. By John Constable', The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, XIV, no. 68, November 1908, pp. 106-107, illustrated.

Centenary Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors by John Constable, R.A., 1776-1837, exhibition catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, 1937, p. 15.

C. R. Leslie, Hon. A. Shirley (ed.), Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, R.A., London, 1937, pp. 145 and (possibly) 246, pl. 82.

S. J. Key, John Constable: His Life and Work, London, 1948, p. 107, illustrated.

A. Shirley, John Constable R.A., London, 1948, p. 23, no. 82, pl. 82.

C. R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Composed Chiefly of His Letters, London, 1951, (possibly) pp. 104 and 185.

R. B. Beckett, 'Constable's Helmingham Dell', Art Quarterly, XXIV, no. 1, Spring 1961, pp. 4, 11 and 13, fig. 5.

R. B. Beckett (ed.), John Constable’s Correspondence, Ipswich, 1966, IV, p. 107, under note 1; and (possibly) VI, p. 125.

R. Hoozee, L'Opera completa di Constable, Milan, 1979, pp. 134-135, no. 475, illustrated.

G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1984, I, pp. 175 and 218, no. 30.2; II, pl. 771.

R. Dorment, British Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia, 1986, pp. 65 and 66, fig. 14-3

L. Parris and I. Fleming-Williams, Constable, exhibition catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, 1991, pp. 314-316, fig. 88.



Exhibited

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of English Paintings and Drawings circa 1780-1830, 1933-1934, no. 15.

Birmingham, City Art Gallery, on long-term loan, circa 1950-2001.

London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by John Constable 1776-1837, 8 July-30 August 1952, no. 43.

Auckland, Auckland Art Gallery; Melbourne, National Gallery of Art; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, John Constable, The Natural Painter: 62 Paintings and Drawings from Great Collections, September 1973-January 1974, no. 37.

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, on loan, 2002-2004.



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Artist:John Constable (1776 - 1837)
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