Draped female figure lying on a couch, representing 'Thursday' or 'Friday'
Maker
Attributed to
Charles Fairfax Murray (artist)
1849-1919
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1828-1882
Charles Fairfax Murray (artist)
1849-1919
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1828-1882
Title
Draped female figure lying on a couch, representing 'Thursday' or 'Friday'
Date of Production
1849 - 1919
Medium
black chalk on laid paper, the upper right corner made up
Dimensions
Height: 28.7 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Width: 42.9 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2217
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
purchased in Stuttgart by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42
p. 42
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, centre: "GMEC" (the 'E' is smaller than the other letters. There is a superscript oval after the first and last letters. No information yet found).
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, graphite: "v"; upper centre, black chalk: "Giovedi / o Venerdi". Verso, upper right corner, graphite, written over some erased writing: "03578 / vz / VN / VO"; upper right, red chalk: "+".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, graphite: "v"; upper centre, black chalk: "Giovedi / o Venerdi". Verso, upper right corner, graphite, written over some erased writing: "03578 / vz / VN / VO"; upper right, red chalk: "+".
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