Lot Essay
This overmantel hung for many years above the fireplace in Steer's studio.
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Recte et Suaviter; a Decoration for an Overmantel
Details
Philip Wilson Steer, O.M. (1860-1942)
Recte et Suaviter; a Decoration for an Overmantel
signed and inscribed 'P.W.Steer. inv et pinxt' (lower left), dated and inscribed 'Recte/et/Suaviter/1904' (on a stone)
oil on canvas
35 x 40 in. (89 x 102 cm.)
Recte et Suaviter; a Decoration for an Overmantel
signed and inscribed 'P.W.Steer. inv et pinxt' (lower left), dated and inscribed 'Recte/et/Suaviter/1904' (on a stone)
oil on canvas
35 x 40 in. (89 x 102 cm.)
Provenance
L.A. Harrison, his sale; Sotheby's, 9 July 1969, lot 12A.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, 22 April 1970, lot 238.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, 22 April 1970, lot 238.
Literature
D.S. MacColl, Life Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer, London, 1945, p.206.
B. Laughton, Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942, Oxford, 1971, no.335.
B. Laughton, Philip Wilson Steer 1860-1942, Oxford, 1971, no.335.
Exhibited
Liverpool, New English Art Club Exhibition, 1905, no.56 as Decoration for an Overmantel.
London, Christie's, New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition, August-September 1986, no.114.
London, Christie's, New English Art Club Centenary Exhibition, August-September 1986, no.114.