Lot Essay
The painting to which this relates was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889, and is now at Glasgow Art Gallery. In the present drawing, the figures are closer together than in the finished picture, and the composition compressed.
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Preliminary sketch for 'Greek Girls playing at Ball'
Details
FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Preliminary sketch for 'Greek Girls playing at Ball'
pencil, black chalk and white bodycolour on grey-blue paper
5 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (13.4 x 14.7 cm.)
Preliminary sketch for 'Greek Girls playing at Ball'
pencil, black chalk and white bodycolour on grey-blue paper
5 ¼ x 5 ¾ in. (13.4 x 14.7 cm.)
Provenance
Probably, Mrs Russell Barrington, by whom given to
Vita Sackville-West.
with Abbott & Holder, London, 1964, where purchased for the present collection.
Vita Sackville-West.
with Abbott & Holder, London, 1964, where purchased for the present collection.
Literature
C. Newall, The Art of Lord Leighton, London, 1990, p. 121, pl. 82.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 251
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 251
The painting to which this relates was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889, and is now at Glasgow Art Gallery. In the present drawing, the figures are closer together than in the finished picture, and the composition compressed.