Lot Essay
This is an oil study for Draper's painting Sea Melodies (Private Collection) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1904, (no. 302).
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Sea Melodies
Details
HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1854-1920)
Sea Melodies
signed 'Herbert Draper' (lower right) and inscribed ''Sea Melodies'/And rippling through the splash of waves/the merman's pipe shall sound' (on the reverse)
oil on panel, painted oval
13 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm.)
Sea Melodies
signed 'Herbert Draper' (lower right) and inscribed ''Sea Melodies'/And rippling through the splash of waves/the merman's pipe shall sound' (on the reverse)
oil on panel, painted oval
13 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; McTear's, Glasgow, 26 April 2017, lot 58.
with The Maas Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.
with The Maas Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
S. Toll, Herbert Draper 1863-1920; A Life Study, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 119, 189, pl. 24 (for a discussion of the larger painting of the same name).
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Alastair Plumb
Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, European Art
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