Lot Essay
For further information on Landseer's écorché drawings see lot 154.
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A group of fourteen écorché human figure studies including: The muscles of a leg from knee to foot; A back view of a male torso, from a dissection; Studies of the bones of a foot and a knee joint; The legs of a skeleton set in walking position; A cast of an écorché foot, seen from above; Three studies of an écorché foot (illustrated); The back view of the torso of an écorché cadaver (recto) and pencil studies of the right arm and legs of a male nude model by Haydon (verso); Several studies of an écorché leg and hand, possibly after Benjamin Robert Haydon (illustrated); A partly flayed head (recto) and unfinished chalk study of horse's head (verso) (illustrated); A partly dissected cadaver, after Haydon (illustrated); Study of a hand and the bones and muscles of the lower part of a leg (recto) and black chalk male figure studies by Haydon (verso); The muscles of a right arm; A side view of the bones and muscles of a left hand overlaid with two studies by Haydon of a man's right leg
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Charles Landseer, R.A. (London 1799-1879)
A group of fourteen écorché human figure studies including: The muscles of a leg from knee to foot; A back view of a male torso, from a dissection; Studies of the bones of a foot and a knee joint; The legs of a skeleton set in walking position; A cast of an écorché foot, seen from above; Three studies of an écorché foot (illustrated); The back view of the torso of an écorché cadaver (recto) and pencil studies of the right arm and legs of a male nude model by Haydon (verso); Several studies of an écorché leg and hand, possibly after Benjamin Robert Haydon (illustrated); A partly flayed head (recto) and unfinished chalk study of horse's head (verso) (illustrated); A partly dissected cadaver, after Haydon (illustrated); Study of a hand and the bones and muscles of the lower part of a leg (recto) and black chalk male figure studies by Haydon (verso); The muscles of a right arm; A side view of the bones and muscles of a left hand overlaid with two studies by Haydon of a man's right leg
one signed and dated 'C Landseer/August 11th 1815' (lower left), one inscribed with key to the muscles and tendons
three pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, two pencil and watercolour, one pen and ink and grey wash, one black and white chalk, three black and red chalk, one pencil, black and red chalk, one pencil, black, red and white chalk, one pen and black and red ink and grey wash, one pen and grey ink, six on buff paper, nine unframed
13 x 20 7/8 in. (33 x 53 cm.); and smaller; and an unattributed drawing of the bones of a knee joint; and a notebook containing thirty-two anatomical sketches, the majority stuck into the book, inscribed 'C LANDSEER/1815' (on the front cover) and further inscribed 'Book II./Of the Muscles/Chap. I.' (on the inside front cover), the sheets numbered variously '37-86', the notebook 7¾ x 6¼ x 5/8 in. (19.8 x 16 x 11 cm. overall (15)
A group of fourteen écorché human figure studies including: The muscles of a leg from knee to foot; A back view of a male torso, from a dissection; Studies of the bones of a foot and a knee joint; The legs of a skeleton set in walking position; A cast of an écorché foot, seen from above; Three studies of an écorché foot (illustrated); The back view of the torso of an écorché cadaver (recto) and pencil studies of the right arm and legs of a male nude model by Haydon (verso); Several studies of an écorché leg and hand, possibly after Benjamin Robert Haydon (illustrated); A partly flayed head (recto) and unfinished chalk study of horse's head (verso) (illustrated); A partly dissected cadaver, after Haydon (illustrated); Study of a hand and the bones and muscles of the lower part of a leg (recto) and black chalk male figure studies by Haydon (verso); The muscles of a right arm; A side view of the bones and muscles of a left hand overlaid with two studies by Haydon of a man's right leg
one signed and dated 'C Landseer/August 11th 1815' (lower left), one inscribed with key to the muscles and tendons
three pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, two pencil and watercolour, one pen and ink and grey wash, one black and white chalk, three black and red chalk, one pencil, black and red chalk, one pencil, black, red and white chalk, one pen and black and red ink and grey wash, one pen and grey ink, six on buff paper, nine unframed
13 x 20 7/8 in. (33 x 53 cm.); and smaller; and an unattributed drawing of the bones of a knee joint; and a notebook containing thirty-two anatomical sketches, the majority stuck into the book, inscribed 'C LANDSEER/1815' (on the front cover) and further inscribed 'Book II./Of the Muscles/Chap. I.' (on the inside front cover), the sheets numbered variously '37-86', the notebook 7¾ x 6¼ x 5/8 in. (19.8 x 16 x 11 cm. overall (15)
Provenance
with Yvonne ffrench, London 1963.
with Sabin Galleries, London, 1981.
with Sabin Galleries, London, 1981.
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