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RADICAL GENIUS: WORKS ON PAPER FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
The Grave: Death's Door
Details
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
The Grave: Death's Door
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour on paper
9 ½ x 5 3⁄8 in. (23.9 x 13.6 cm)
The Grave: Death's Door
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour on paper
9 ½ x 5 3⁄8 in. (23.9 x 13.6 cm)
Provenance
Robert Cromek (1770-1812), London; and by descent to his widow,
Elizabeth Cromek (née Charge), London.
Thomas Sivright (1783–1835), Edinburgh; C.B. Tait, Edinburgh, 10 February 1836, lot 1835 (part).
possibly John Stannard (1795-1881), and by descent until
with Caledonia Books, Glasgow, by 2001.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 2006, lot 10, where purchased by the present owners (after sale).
Elizabeth Cromek (née Charge), London.
Thomas Sivright (1783–1835), Edinburgh; C.B. Tait, Edinburgh, 10 February 1836, lot 1835 (part).
possibly John Stannard (1795-1881), and by descent until
with Caledonia Books, Glasgow, by 2001.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 2006, lot 10, where purchased by the present owners (after sale).
Literature
M. Butlin, 'Newly Risen from the Grave: Nineteen Unknown Watercolors by William Blake' in Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, XXXV, no. 3 (Winter 2002), pp. 68-73.
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