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Martha Hesse as Silence (recto); Study of two figures (verso)
Details
JOHANN HEINRICH FÜSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741- 1825)
Martha Hesse as Silence (recto); Study of two figures (verso)
pencil and black and white chalk on buff oatmeal paper
20 x 12 ½ in. (51 x 32 cm.)
Martha Hesse as Silence (recto); Study of two figures (verso)
pencil and black and white chalk on buff oatmeal paper
20 x 12 ½ in. (51 x 32 cm.)
Provenance
Henry Reitlinger; Sotheby's, London, 26 May 1954, lot 460 (£450).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1978, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 April 1995, lot 51.
with Anthony Mould, London, from whom acquired for the present collection.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1978, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 April 1995, lot 51.
with Anthony Mould, London, from whom acquired for the present collection.
Literature
G. Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Zurich, 1973, I, pp. 154, 509, no. 849, illustrated II, p. 225.
R. N. Essick, Blake in the Marketplace, 1995, in Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, 1996, p. 118, illustrated and p. 123.
R. N. Essick, Blake in the Marketplace, 1995, in Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, 1996, p. 118, illustrated and p. 123.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Drawings by Old Masters, August - October 1953, no. 471 (as 'Silence').
Brought to you by
Nathalie Ferneau
Head of Sale, Junior Specialist
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