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Study of a nude female figure (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1818-1875

Title

Study of a nude female figure (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1855 - 1870

Medium

red chalk (recto and verso) on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.6 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3267

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

Label Text

Painter, sculptor, decorator and architectural designer, Alfred Stevens was one of the most accomplished draughtsmen of his age. With its subtle tonal effects and expressive twisting of the body, this red chalk study reveals his knowledge of Renaissance drawing techniques. The secondary sketch of the same figure viewed from the side suggests that this may be a three-dimensional design for sculpture, though none is known of this subject.

Provenance

possibly the artist's assistant, James Gamble (1835-1911); probably Alfred Drury (1856-1944); his sale, Leicester Galleries (London), March - April 1946, possibly lot 51; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/02/2011-15/05/2011

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 29

Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings & Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
no. 2
ill. on p. 45

Life, Legend, Landscape - Victorian Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, 2011
cat. no. 2
ill. on p. 45

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left corner, graphite: “18/.” [?]

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

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