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Two courtesans by a doorway

Maker

(artist)
1802-1892

Title

Two courtesans by a doorway

Date of Production

(?) 1860 - 1869

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper, with blue wash stains

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm
Width: 14.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3628

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

Christie's (London), 15 December 1944, lot 46; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Constantin Guys, Marlborough Fine Art, London, 26/06/1956-31/07/1956

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: shield with single diagonal bend, scrollwork above and below (see tracing in file, not found in Heawood).

Label: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file): printed in black ink on seafoam-green label: “Marlborough Fine Art Ltd / CONSTANTIN GUYS / Exhibition in aid of / The National Art-Collections Fund / 26 June-31 July 1956 Cat. No. 6. / 17/18 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON W.1 //”.

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

Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, light brown ink, abraded and difficult to read: “ch guy[…]”. Verso: upper centre edge, graphite: “CONSTANTIN GUYS”; centre, graphite, circled: “673”.

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