Lot 86
86
'POMPEII MUSEO' A SHEET OF PENCIL STUDIES OF ANTIQUE ARTIFACTS BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH. DATED 1890? AMENDED 1891
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'POMPEII MUSEO' A SHEET OF PENCIL STUDIES OF ANTIQUE ARTIFACTS BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH. DATED 1890? AMENDED 1891

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'POMPEII MUSEO' A SHEET OF PENCIL STUDIES OF ANTIQUE ARTIFACTS
BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH. DATED 1890? AMENDED 1891
depicting water spout, wine jars, oil lamp and a frieze detail, sketches from a notebook in pencil signed with CRM monogram, April 7th 1890-? and then corrected (1891)
10.25 x 7in (27 x 18cm) wide
Provenance
The Thomas Howarth Collection, Christie's King Street 17th February 1994 lot 2
Exhibited
Toronto, 1978, Charles Rennie Mackintosh Architect and Designer (1868-1928) Memorial Exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario, exhibition number 3
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Lot Essay

Charles Rennie Mackintosh arrived in Naples from England on 5th April 1891 and the following day sought permission from the British Council to sketch in Pompeii. He visited Pompeii two days later making sketches in both the museum and the Temple of Mercury.

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