Stratus Clouds, Evening

细节

William Turner of Oxford, O.W.S. (1789-1862)
Stratus Clouds, Evening
dated '5 o' clock p.m. October.30th.1848' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour on brown paper
7¼ x 10 3/8 in. (18.4 x 26.3 cm.); and a pencil study of a landscape (on the reverse)

来源

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 June 1980, lot 65 (one of two).
with Agnew's, London.

出版

G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 114, pl. 150, illustrated in colour.
W. Hauptman, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, Lausanne, 1999, p. 132, no. 79, illustrated in colour.

展览

London, Agnew's, 108th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1981, no. 55.
London, Agnew's, 118th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1991, no. 80, illustrated.
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Âge d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise 1770-1900, 22 January - 24 May 1999, no. 79.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

This watercolour was sold in these Rooms in 1980 with a similar watercolour inscribed and dated 'W. by S. 7 o'clock P.M. August 10 1852/Wind W. by N.'. That was also included in the 1991 Agnew's exhibition, no. 84, illustrated and titled High Cirrus Clouds Evening.

Turner of Oxford was fascinated by natural phenomena, and his observations in watercolour of the Aurora Borealis (Oxford City Council, T. Wilcox and C. Titterington, William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862), Wisbech, 1984, p. 78, pl. 86) and Donati's Comet (Private Collection, op. cit., p. 79, pl. 87) bear testimony to this and his successful rendering of both day and night skies.

A number of drawings using an unusual technique similar to that of the present example - heavy bodycolour on tinted paper - are recorded and tend to date from the period 1845-50 for instance Full moon over Cherwell, op. cit., p. 69, pl. 72 and Roman Road near Dorchester, p. 68, pl. 71, both in private collections.