The Orientalist Sale
The Orientalist Sale
Edwin Lord Weeks
The Moroccan Girl
Lot Closed
October 26, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Edwin Lord Weeks
American
1849 - 1903
The Moroccan Girl
signed, inscribed and dated E.L. Weeks. / Tangier 1876 lower right
oil on canvas
Unframed: 70.3 by 47.5cm., 27½ by 18¾in.
Framed: 100 by 78cm., 39½ by 30¾in.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Edwin Lord Weeks catalogue raisonné from the Ellen K. Morris archives and now in preparation by Edward S. Levin.
Sale: Page Auctioneers & Appraisers, Batavia, 11 December 1999, lot 11
Sale: Heritage Auctions, Texas, 10 June 2009, lot 77104
Sale: Heritage Auctions, Texas, 10 June 2009, lot 77104
In 1876 Weeks visited Tangiers, four years after his seminal first trip to Morocco. Here the warm dappled light, falling on the girl’s golden dress, is echoed by the tones of the foliage around her and the citrus fruit at her feet. The present work demonstrates Weeks' luminous approach to Orientalism, influenced by plein air painting and early Impressionism.