ID 1362949 
Lot 199  | SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (1833-1898)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000 
Head of a young girl in profile to the left for a Sea Nymph in Perseus and the Sea Nymphs (Perseus and the Nereids): The Arming of Perseus (Second Version), Perseus Series
signed with initials and dated 'EB-J/ 1896' (lower right)
red and white chalk on terracotta paper
17 1/3 x 11 3/8 in. (44 x 29 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio sale; Christie's, London, 18 July 1898, lot 181 (52 gns to Dewthorne).
with Maas Gallery, London, 1970.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Belgravia, London, 10 July 1973, lot 32 (to Piccadilly Gallery).
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, 1973.
with John Morris, Toronto, from whom acquired by the late Barry Humphries.
Literature
F. MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination, London, 2011, p. 276.
Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné, online edition, unnumbered.
Exhibited
London, Maas Gallery, Pre-Raphaelitism , Exhibitions of paintings, drawings & water-colours, November 1970, no. 27 or 32.
| Artist: | Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898) | 
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Sanguine | 
| Medium: | Stone | 
| 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: | Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898) | 
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| Applied technique: | Chalk, Sanguine | 
| Medium: | Stone | 
| 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 | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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