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Nude figure of a man

Maker

(artist)
1776-1837

Title

Nude figure of a man

Date of Production

1808 - 1820

Medium

graphite on light buff laid paper (examined under microscope)

Dimensions

Height: 41 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.272

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

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Provenance

given by an anonymous source to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966

Literature

Reynolds, Graham, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996
no. 08.48 on p. 126
Illus. pl. 731

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 10

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, graphite, first word underlined 3 times: "white monk" [or womb?]; lower edge, right of centre, graphite: "to".

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