SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES, BT., A.R.A., R.W.S. | Two Musicians

The artist's second studio sale;
Christie's, London, 5 June 1919, possibly part of lot 89 (Studies of Figures - five in four frames. Pastel) or lot 90 (Studies of Figures and Heads. Pastel);
Private collection

The sheet has been laid down on card. There is some time staining to the sheet and to the mounting edges. There are some specks of surface dirt and a few very minor spots of foxing. A few minor losses to the lower edge, hidden beneath slip mount. There is a small diagonal tear approx 2cm. to the right leg of the right hand figure just above the ankle. Otherwise the work apperas to be in good condition. Under glass and held in a decorative gilt frame and white slip. Please note that this work has been examined out of its frame.
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Stylistically the present work relates to studies for The Court of Venus a red chalk work of 1865 (private collection UK) and to the Pygmalion series of 1868-70.