SIR SAMUEL LUKE FILDES, R.A. (BRITISH, 1843-1927)

Lot 129
25.05.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 120 000
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ID 960806
Lot 129 | SIR SAMUEL LUKE FILDES, R.A. (BRITISH, 1843-1927)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
SIR SAMUEL LUKE FILDES, R.A. (BRITISH, 1843-1927)

Venetian Life

signed and dated 'Luke Fildes 1884' (lower right)

oil on canvas

841/2 x 62 in. (214 x 158 cm.)





Provenance

Commissioned by Sir John Aird, 1st Bt., and thence by descent.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 November 1989, lot 91, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

H. Blackburn, Royal Academy Notes, London, 1884, p. 37.

Magazine of Art, 1884, p. 351.

The Times, 3 May 1884, p. 7.

The Times, 12 May 1884, p. 4.

Art Journal, 1887, p. 24, illustrated (Frontispiece).

L.V. Fildes, Luke Fildes, R.A., A Victorian Painter, London, 1968, pp. 90-101.

D. Breuer et. al., Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, London, 2003, pp. 210, 221, 299, no. 166, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1884, no. 390.

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1928, no. 255.

Keele, Keele University, Staffordshire, until 1988.

London, Royal Academy, Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, 2003, no. 166.



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