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SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)

Lot 38
20.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 38 | SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1833-1898)

The Sirens (Composition Study)

colored chalks and watercolor on buff paper on canvas, extended along lower edge

67 x 92 in. (170.2 x 233.7 cm.)





Provenance

The artist.

His estate sale; Christie's, London, 5 June 1919, either lot 83 or 100.

(possibly) Willis or with Gooden & Fox, London, acquired at the above sale.

Arthur Crossland (1880-1956) and Jane Crossland (1883-1955), Heaton Mount, Bradford, Yorkshire.

His estate sale; Christie's, London, 3 February 1956, lot 33, as The Sirens.

with Abbott and Holder, London, acquired at the above sale.

Private collection, Spain.

with Hartnoll & Eyre, London and Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, by March 1972.

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1974.



Literature

M. Harrison and B. Waters, Burne-Jones, New York, 1973, opp. p. 152, and pp. 153-4, no. 41, illustrated.

S. Wildman and J. Christian, Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer, exh. cat. New York, 1998, pp. 321-322, under no. 157, footnote 4.

J. Christian, E. Korb and T. Sidey, Hidden Burne-Jones, London, 2007, pp. 25, 32, 61, under no. 59.

L. de Girolami Cheney, Edward Burne-Jones' Mythical Paintings: The Pygmalion of the Pre-Raphaelite Painters, New York, 2014, p. 133.



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie du Luxembourg, Burne-Jones et l'influence des Preraphaelites, May-April 1972, pp. 34-36, no. 17, illustrated.
Artist:Edward Burne-Jones (1833 - 1898)
Applied technique:Chalk
Medium:Stone
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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