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Pool on the Lledr, North Wales

Maker

(artist)
1812-1845

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1842

Medium

traces of graphite, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic and some scratching out on paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 32.4 cm
Width: 49.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.66

Mode of Acquisition

William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This work was sketched in the autumn of 1842 on the last of Müller’s numerous trips to Wales. Around this time he wrote, ‘I am more than ever convinced in the actual necessity of looking at nature with a more observant eye than the mass of young artists do, and in particular skies.’ Sketched on the spot, the work would have been completed in a few hours, Müller’s robust handling and generalised forms reflecting his determination to capture the essential qualities of the scene.

Provenance

Gilbert Davis (1899-1983); Mr and Mrs William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 11/05/1973-02/06/1973 ...More

Masters of the Watercolour - Watercolours from the Spooner
Collection, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 1969

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/04/1968-01/07/1968

Gilbert Davis Collection - 2nd Series, London, 1955 ...Less

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 79
ill. on p. 231

English Watercolours: The Spooner Collection and Bequest, City Art Gallery, Bristol, 1973
cat. no. 36

The William Spooner Collection and Bequest, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1968
cat. no. 80

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: unable to check the drawing sheet as is laid down and covered in thick media. Support (visible only in raking light): centre: “VAN GELDER ZONEN” (Dutch paper dated 1855 according to Churchill).

Inscription: Verso (support): lower right corner, graphite: “ “A POOL ON THE LLEDR” / BY / WM. MÜLLER”.

Collector's mark: none.

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