SIR FRANCIS BERNARD DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928) - photo 1
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SIR FRANCIS BERNARD DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)

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£ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
13.12.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 878492
Lot 6 | SIR FRANCIS BERNARD DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)
SIR FRANCIS BERNARD DICKSEE, P.R.A. (BRITISH, 1853-1928)

'The Ideal' or 'In Quest of Truth'

oil on canvas, with an arched top, unframed

110 x 60 in. (279.4 x 152.4 cm.)

Painted in 1905, with additions made in 1927.





Provenance

The artist, from whom purchased by

Frederick Adolphus Konig (1867-1940), Tyringham, Buckinghamshire, by 3 August 1927, and by descent until

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 June 1984, lot 112.

with Mark Gregson Fine Art, New York, from whom purchased by the present owner, 29 June 1984.



Literature

Royal Academy Pictures 1905, London, 1905, p. 129, illustrated, as The Ideal.

'The Pictures of 1905,' Pall Mall Magazine Extra, London, May 1905, p. 38, illustrated, as The Ideal.

'Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy,' New York Herald, Paris, 30 April 1905, p. 2, as The Ideal.

'Art Notes: The Royal Academy,' Truth, vol. LVII, London, 4 May 1905, p. 1145, as The Ideal.

'The Royal Academy Pictures, 1905: Part II', The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, London, 13 May 1905, p. 388, as The Ideal.

E.R. Dibdin, 'Frank Dicksee (Royal Academician): His Life and Work,' The Christmas Art Annual, London, 1905, pp. 20, 22, 25, 32, illustrated, p. 30, as The Ideal.

F.G. Dumas, ed., The Franco-British Exhibition Illustrated Review, London, 1908, pp. 65, 304, illustrated, as The Ideal.

F.A. Konig, personal diary (unpublished), 3rd August 1927.

C. Hussey, 'Modern Garden Architecture at Tyringham, Buckinghamshire,' Country Life, Bath, 1 June 1929, p. 784, fig. 9.

C. Hussey, ‘Tyringham, Buckinghamshire and its Garden Pavilions,’ Country Life, Bath, 1929, n.p., fig. 9.

E.L. Luytens, The Temple of Music, Tyringham, Newport Pagnell, 1934, n.p., illustrated opposite the title page and three times within the text.

S. Toll, Frank Dicksee 1853-1928: His Art and Life, Woodbridge, 2016, pp. 207-208, 235-36, 234, no. FD.1905.2, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1905, no. 15, as The Ideal.

London, Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, p. 33, no. 367, as The Ideal.

Rome, International Fine Arts Exhibition Rome, 1911, no. 158, as The Ideal.

Tyringham, The Temple of Music, on long-term loan.



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