GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS, O.M., R.A. (BRITISH, 1817-1904)

LOVE AND LIFE

細節

GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS, O.M., R.A. (BRITISH, 1817-1904)
LOVE AND LIFE
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED 'LOVE & LIFE/G.F. WATTS RA' (ON A LABEL ON THE REVERSE)
OIL ON CANVAS
45¼ X 22½ IN. (114.9 X 57.1 CM.)

來源

ALBERT WOOD, 1889.

出版

MRS WATTS' MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUE, VOL. 1, P. 93.

展覽

PARIS, UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1889, BRITISH FINE ART SECTION, NO. 159.

拍品專文

THIS IS A SMALL VERSION OF ONE OF WATTS' MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSITIONS. MRS WATTS LISTS A TOTAL OF SEVEN VERSIONS IN HER MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUE, OF WHICH THE ORIGINAL IS LOT 33 IN OUR SALE OF IMPRESSIONIST AND NINETEENTH CENTURY ART ON 24 JUNE AND FOUR OTHERS ARE IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SEE NOTE ON THE ABOVE PAINTING). THE PRESENT VERSION IS ONE OF EIGHT WORKS THAT WATTS SHOWED AT THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE IN PARIS IN 1889, A DRAMATIC REVELATION OF HIS POWERS THAT DID MUCH TO ENHANCE HIS EUROPEAN REPUTATION.