- 100
Samuel Palmer
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Samuel Palmer
- Llyn Gwynant, North Wales
- Extensively inscribed with artist's notes in the sky: delicate varieties of warm and cool sober gray/ BH-brown heat/ warm half light/ looking towards light/ golden edges-some all dark-very minute/ dazzling light reflected in lake/ under clear reflection of mountains; inscribed woods center right, wall in the center and Lyn Gwinedd lower left
Pencil on buff-colored paper
- 7 x 9 inches
Provenance
Mrs John Piper (1911-1998)
Her Executor's sale, Sotheby's London, April 8, 1998, lot 26
Lowell Libson, London
Acquired from the above, 2006
Her Executor's sale, Sotheby's London, April 8, 1998, lot 26
Lowell Libson, London
Acquired from the above, 2006
Exhibited
Yale 2010, no. 50
Condition
The sheet has been carefully presented. The strength of the (graphite) pencil remains strong and clear. The sheet has suffered from light staining and minor foxing overall. There are minor tears to the sheet edges which have been carefully repaired. They appear to be the result from this work being laid down at the edges in the past and subsequently removed without due care and attention. The work has now been carefully restored and delicately laid down at the edges. The chalk is much stronger than the illustration in the catalogue and the paper less pink.
For further information on this lot please contact either Mark Griffith-Jones (mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5083), Emmeline Hallmark (emmeline.hallmark@sothebys.com - 0044207 293 5407) or Nancy Bialler (nancy.bialler@sothebys.com - 001 212 606 7222).
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This plein-air drawing was taken at Llyn Gwynant and shows the Gwynant Valley in North Wales, looking towards the Snowdon mountain range. Palmer visited Wales in 1835 and again in 1836 and this sheet dates from one of these tours. Despite the drawing's small scale, Palmer has successfully captured the grandeur of the mountainous landscape. It relates to a watercolor of a similar view in the Yale Center of British Art, New Haven (Raymond Lister, Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Samuel Palmer, 1988, p. 112, no. 252).