Details
GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS, O.M., R.A. (BRITISH, 1817-1904)
Ganymede
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs Constantine Ionides.
Kerrison Preston (1884-1974), by 1955, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Cartwright, 'George Frederic Watts, R.A.', Art Journal, Easter Annual, 1896, p. 3.
R.E.D. Sketchley, Watts, London, 1904, p. 138.
M.H. Spielmann, G.F. Watts, R.A., O.M., as a Great Painter of Portraits: A Lecture, delivered in the Memorial Hall Manchester, 7th June 1905, London, 1905, p. 29.
J.E. Phythian, George Frederick Watts New York, 1906, p. 70.
Masterpieces of G.F. Watts, London and Glasgow, 1913, p. 59.
M.S. Watts, Catalogue of Portraits by G.F. Watts O.M. R.A., Vol. I, c.1915, p. 62.
M.S. Watts, Catalogue of Portraits by G.F. Watts O.M. R.A., Vol. II, c.1915, p. 175.
M. Bills and B. Bryant, G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 146.
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A., 1817-1904, Arts Council, 9 December 1954 - 16 January 1955, no. 38, lent by Kerrison Preston.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Details
GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS, O.M., R.A. (BRITISH, 1817-1904)
Ganymede
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
Mrs Constantine Ionides.
Kerrison Preston (1884-1974), by 1955, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Cartwright, 'George Frederic Watts, R.A.', Art Journal, Easter Annual, 1896, p. 3.
R.E.D. Sketchley, Watts, London, 1904, p. 138.
M.H. Spielmann, G.F. Watts, R.A., O.M., as a Great Painter of Portraits: A Lecture, delivered in the Memorial Hall Manchester, 7th June 1905, London, 1905, p. 29.
J.E. Phythian, George Frederick Watts New York, 1906, p. 70.
Masterpieces of G.F. Watts, London and Glasgow, 1913, p. 59.
M.S. Watts, Catalogue of Portraits by G.F. Watts O.M. R.A., Vol. I, c.1915, p. 62.
M.S. Watts, Catalogue of Portraits by G.F. Watts O.M. R.A., Vol. II, c.1915, p. 175.
M. Bills and B. Bryant, G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 146.
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A., 1817-1904, Arts Council, 9 December 1954 - 16 January 1955, no. 38, lent by Kerrison Preston.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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