Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S. 1833-1898

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A., R.W.S.
study for the figure representing 'recreation' in the hours
brown and white chalk with wash and bodycolour on brown paper

Provenance

London, Christie's, 5 March 1993, lot 36a

Catalogue Note

The present study in wash and bodycolour, showing a young woman in flowing draperies and with a stringed musical instrument which rests on the ground and which she supports with her right arm, is loosely related to a figure in Burne-Jones's composition The Hours (Sheffield Art Gallery). In the finished painting, which was first exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1883, the girl's head is shown looking more directly towards the spectator and leaning to her left.