Cîteaux, France

Details

John Ruskin, H.R.W.S. (1819-1900)
Cîteaux, France
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Citeaux 1st Sept. 82. JR' (lower left)
pencil and blue and grey wash
4¾ x 8 in. (12.1 x 20.3 cm.)

Provenance

A.R. Ballantyne, by 1912.

Literature

Possibly E.T. Cook and A.J. Wedderburn, The Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin, 1912, vol. XXXVIII, no. 496 as 'Poplar Avenue, Citeaux'.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Ruskin travelled to Cîteaux from Dijon on the 1 September 1882. In a letter of 30 August 1882 to Charles Eliot Norton, Ruskin wrote 'I'm fairly well again, but more sad that I need to say about myself and things in general. But I can still draw, and tomorrow I'm going to Dijon, and on Thursday I drive to Citeaux...' (Cook and Wedderburn, op.cit., vol. XXXVII, p. 406. There is a drawing in the collection of the Ruskin Library, Lancaster also of Cîteaux, dated 3 September 1882 is inscribed 'Tired on hot day, but very careful ¼ hour'.

We are grateful to Dr James S. Dearden and Stephen Wildman for their help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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