Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS
The Forbidding Angel
Found at
Bonhams,
London
19th Century and British Impressionist Art, Lot 29
25. Sept - 25. Sept 2024
19th Century and British Impressionist Art, Lot 29
25. Sept - 25. Sept 2024
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 24.320 GBP
Price realised: 24.320 GBP
Description
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., ARA, RWS (British, 1833-1898)
The Forbidding Angel
study/cartoon for the subject in Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine (Sir Gawain and Sir Ewain) at the Chapel of the Sangreal, Stanmore Hall tapestry series
coloured chalks
50.2 x 25cm (19 3/4 x 9 13/16in).
Painted circa 1894
With The Fine Art Society, 1896. | William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, 1922. | Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Liverpool 1922-1958, numbered 1783. | Sale, Christie's, London, 'Modern pictures and Drawings mainly of the British School of the Nineteenth Century, the Property of the Trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, coming from the collection of the 1st Lord Leverhulme', 6th June 1958, part of lot 27 (sold with another pastel The Failure of Gawaine and Sir Ewain. | Private collection, UK.
The Forbidding Angel
study/cartoon for the subject in Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine (Sir Gawain and Sir Ewain) at the Chapel of the Sangreal, Stanmore Hall tapestry series
coloured chalks
50.2 x 25cm (19 3/4 x 9 13/16in).
Painted circa 1894
With The Fine Art Society, 1896. | William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, 1922. | Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, Liverpool 1922-1958, numbered 1783. | Sale, Christie's, London, 'Modern pictures and Drawings mainly of the British School of the Nineteenth Century, the Property of the Trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, coming from the collection of the 1st Lord Leverhulme', 6th June 1958, part of lot 27 (sold with another pastel The Failure of Gawaine and Sir Ewain. | Private collection, UK.
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