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JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. (BRITISH, 1849-1917)

Lot 4
13.12.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 966 000
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ID 878462
Lot 4 | JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. (BRITISH, 1849-1917)
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£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, R.A., R.I. (BRITISH, 1849-1917)

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

signed and dated 'J.W.Waterhouse. 1908.' (lower right)

oil on canvas

24 3/8 x 18 1/4 in. (62 x 46.4 cm.)

in the original frame





Provenance

Purchased from the artist in 1908 by

Frederick M. Fry (†); Christie's, London, 18 June 1943, lot 15, as A lady, in green dress, holding a bowl of roses (18 gns to de Casseres).

Private Collection, UK.

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 11 June 2003, lot 6, sold after sale.

with Christopher Wood, London, from whom purchased by the present owner.



Literature

R.E.D. Sketchley, 'J.W. Waterhouse, R.A.', Art Journal, Christmas Number, 1909, pp. 13, 32, full page illustration.

A. Hobson, The Art and Life of J.W. Waterhouse, R.A., London, 1980, pp. 133, 138 (illustrated pl. 141), 190, no. 165.

A. Hobson, J.W. Waterhouse, Oxford, 1989, pp. 89, 97, pl. 69 (the study).

P. Trippi, J.W. Waterhouse, London and New York, 2002, pp. 197, 229; illustrated p. 178 (detail) and p. 196, pl. 168.

E. Prettejohn, P. Trippi et al., J.W. Waterhouse 1849-1917: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, exh. cat., London, 2008, pp. 170-171, illustrated front cover and p. 171, no. 51.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1908, no. 669.

Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1910, no. 217, lent by Frederick M. Fry.

Groningen, Groninger Museum; London, Royal Academy; and Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, J.W. Waterhouse 1849-1917: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite, 14 December 2008 - 7 February 2010, no. 51.
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