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Two studies of a crane (recto)

Maker

Joseph Crawhall (artist)
1861-1913

Title

Two studies of a crane (recto)

Date of Production

(circa) 1889

Medium

brush and black ink (recto), graphite (verso), on wove paper, the upper corners rounded and the lower edge torn from a sketchbook

Dimensions

Height: 23.6 cm
Width: 32.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4017

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

Leonard G. Duke, London (1890-1971); purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 October 1948; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 25 November 1948 (£14); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 14

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A 15823"; lower right, graphite, L.G. Duke's hand: "D1262/ Joseph Crawhall. 1860 or 1861-1913 / From a sketch-book of the artist's, c1889. / LGD".

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

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