The Valley of Time

Details

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (Tenby 1878-1961 Fordingbridge)
The Valley of Time
oil on canvas
12 x 15¼ in. (30.5 x 38.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1904.

Provenance

with Arthur Tooth and Sons, London.
Sir Cyril Butler.
Peter Harris; Christie's, London, 17 June 1977, lot 28, where purchased by Brian Sewell.

Exhibited

Leeds, Temple Newsam, Augustus John, July - August 1946, no. 9.
London, Royal Academy, Augustus John, March - June 1954, no. 333.
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions, Centenary Exhibition, April - May 1978, no. 32, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, City Art Galleries, June - July; and New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, September - October.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

An etching of the present work, dated 27 May 1906, no. 115 is in C. Dodgson, A catalogue of etchings by Augustus John, 1920. Studies for the works are also illustrated in A.D. Fraser Jenkins, exhibition catalogue, Augustus John: Studies for Compositions, Centenary Exhibition, 1978, nos. 29-34.

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