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Courtyard of a private residence in Rouen, Normandy
Maker
(artist)
1886-1974
1886-1974
Title
Courtyard of a private residence in Rouen, Normandy
Date of Production
(29 October) 1938
Medium
pen and black and brown inks, watercolour (recto), red chalk offset (verso - no clear image) on laid paper, with an added strip of paper to the upper edge, and another strip of paper across the join on the verso
Dimensions
Height: 39.7 cm
Width: 28 cm
Width: 28 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3042
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Trustees of the Corsham Estate
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Colnaghi (London), 8 - 24 June 1939, no. 17 [catalogue does not list owner]; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), for £10; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Exhibition of 20th century British Paintings, National Gallery, London, 1940
Exhibition of Drawings by Lord Methuen, R.B.A., Colnaghi, London, 1939
Exhibition of Drawings by Lord Methuen, R.B.A., Colnaghi, London, 1939
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 34
Exhibition of Drawings by Lord Methuen, R.B.A., Colnaghi, London, 1939
cat. no. 17
ill. on cover
p. 34
Exhibition of Drawings by Lord Methuen, R.B.A., Colnaghi, London, 1939
cat. no. 17
ill. on cover
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left corner of original sheet and extra strip added above: "JCA France"; Countermark: Recto: upper right corner of original sheet and added strip above, cut off by edge: "[...]RES" (as in "INGRES"). Also on strip of paper added to the verso, letters cut off: "ASG [?]".
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed: "Methuen"; lower left, brown ink, described: "The Louis XIII decorations were / added to the existing Renaissance motives / when the Hotel was Enlarged."; lower centre, black ink, described and dated: "30 rue Damiette. Rouen. 29 October 1938"; lower edge, graphite: "add to top piece of paper 14 x 10 covered 24 2 1939."; lower right corner, graphite: "20".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Glued to current mount, printed in black with additions in pen and black ink and graphite: "NATIONAL GALLERY / TRAFALGAR SQUARE / EXHIBITION OF 20th CENTURY BRITISH PAINTINGS / 1940 / Owner Sir Robert Witt / Address 32 Portman Square / Title House in Rouen 33 rue DAMIETTE / Artist Lord Methuen / Number 283.".
Inscription: Recto: lower right, brown ink, signed: "Methuen"; lower left, brown ink, described: "The Louis XIII decorations were / added to the existing Renaissance motives / when the Hotel was Enlarged."; lower centre, black ink, described and dated: "30 rue Damiette. Rouen. 29 October 1938"; lower edge, graphite: "add to top piece of paper 14 x 10 covered 24 2 1939."; lower right corner, graphite: "20".
Collector's mark: none.
Label: Glued to current mount, printed in black with additions in pen and black ink and graphite: "NATIONAL GALLERY / TRAFALGAR SQUARE / EXHIBITION OF 20th CENTURY BRITISH PAINTINGS / 1940 / Owner Sir Robert Witt / Address 32 Portman Square / Title House in Rouen 33 rue DAMIETTE / Artist Lord Methuen / Number 283.".
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