From Poussin: The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem

Details

Leon Kossoff (b. 1926)
From Poussin: The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem
chalk and felt-tipped pen
22 x 26 1/8 in. (56 x 66.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999.

Provenance

The Harebell Appeal Auction; Courtesy of Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 20 September 2012, lot 45, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Leon Kossoff - Drawing from Painting, London, National Gallery, 2007, p. 85, no. 52, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, National Gallery, Leon Kossoff - Drawing from Painting, March - July 2007, no. 52.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This work on paper was inspired by the painting, The Destruction and the Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1625-6, by Nicolas Poussin. This painting normally hangs at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem but was exhibited at the National Gallery, London, in 1999, when Kossoff had the opportunity to see it. He subsequently created a number of prints (34 of which were gifted by the artist to the Tate in 2007) as well as this work on paper.

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