Two courtesans by a doorway
Maker
(artist)
1802-1892
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
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”.
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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