ID 960992
Lot 128 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1848-1917)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
The Necklace
oil on canvas
39 x 26 in. (99 x 66 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's widow.
Artist Studio Sale; Christie's, London, 23 July 1926, lot 33. (9 gns. to Sampson).
K.L. Greener.
His sale; Christie's, London, 6 June 1980, lot 106.
with Pawsey and Payne.
with MacConnal Mason, London.
Purchased by the present owner, 1980.
Literature
A. Hobson, The Art and Life of J.W. Waterhouse, R.A., London, 1980, p. 128, pl. 125 and no. 283, as The Necklace (Study for Lamia).
A. Hobson, J.W. Waterhouse, Oxford, 1989, p. 89, pl. 73.
D. Breuer et. al., Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, London, 2003, pp. 128, 308, no. 92, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, 2003, no. 92, as The Necklace (Study for Lamia).
| Artist: | John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917) |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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