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Reclining female nude

Maker

(artist)
1734-1804

Title

Reclining female nude

Date of Production

1734 - 1804

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.9 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4407

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

Martin Wronker; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 24 May 1950, lot 14 (along with D.1952.RW.4405, 4406 and 5 others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£4); Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 25

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, pen and grey ink, signed and partially obscured by the plant drawn over it by the artist: "Moses Haughton delt"; lower centre edge, graphite, erased, hard to read: "Haughton [?]".

Collector's mark: none.

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