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Study of a horse

Maker

(artist)
1899-1984

Title

Study of a horse

Medium

black chalk, pen and brown ink, white bodycolour on wove paper, now discoloured unevenly from light exposure and with numerous pinholes along the upper edge and at the lower corners

Dimensions

Height: 35.4 cm
Width: 44 cm

Accession Number

D.2005.XX.8

Mode of Acquisition

Jeanne Courtauld, bequest, 2005 (July)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Reserved

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

probably given by the artist to his pupil, Miss Jeanne Courtauld (1910-2003); her Gift in memory of Sir Stephen Courtauld 1974

Exhibition History

Exhibition of paintings, drawings, engravings and sculpture by artists resident in Great Britain and the Dominions, Imperial Gallery of Art, London, 05/04/1930-28/06/1930

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Label: Removed from the frame and now kept in the file: printed in red ink, with the artist’s name written in brown ink: “IMPERIAL GALERY OF ART / IMPERIAL INSTITUTE (East Entrance,) LONDON, S.W.7. / Receiving Days {Tuesday, 11th March, / and / Wednesday, 12th March, 1930} Between the hours of / 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. / NAME AND ADDRESS OF ARTIST* / *Christian and Surname in full. / (Ladies to state whether Miss or Mrs.) / R.J. Burn / TITLE OF WORK / FRAMES MUST HAVE NO RINGS OR OTHER PROJECTIONS ON THE BACK / [printed vertically along left edge] To be attached by a string to the top of frame and made to hang over in front”; printed in brown ink: “Established 1899 / MOUNTED & FRAMED / By JOSEPH LEWIS, / 51 Pelham Street, / Sth. Kensington, / S.W.7”; remnant of a torn-off label, printed in black ink: “…S, Ltd., / …kers, / …O”; a blue label filled in with black ink: “RACE HORSE. / (STUDY FOR PICTURE OF THE / PADDOCK AT NEWMARKET, / ROWLEY MILE RACECOURSE.)”; printed in black line and first line added in black ink: “LENT BY / Miss J. B. Courtauld / Cooke’s House / West Burton / Pulborough, Sussex / Bury 353”.

Inscription: Recto: lower right corner, black ink, signed by the artist (?ink appears different from that used in drawing): "R.J. Burn.".

Collector's mark: none.

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