6th Sep, 2016 10:00
Fine Art
Sold for £1,500
Lot details
Lord Frederic Leighton, PRA (1830-1896) Studies of figures for ''The Arts of Industry as Applied to War'', with inscriptions ''Studies'' (below the mount lower right) and with Leighton's studio stamp (lower left, Lugt. 1741a), white and black chalk on blue-grey paper 22.7 x 29.2cms; 9 x 11 1/2in. LITERATURE Christopher Newall, ''The Art Of Lord Leighton'', Oxford 1990, pp. 76-80; illus. on p. 77. PROVENANCE With Peter Nahum, London; Christies King Street Sale, 24th November 1998, Lot 162. The ''Arts of Industry as Applied to War'' was the subject of a lunette in the South Kensington Museum (now V & A), completed in 1878-80. Having received the commission a decade earlier, Leighton worked on a cartoon for the mural between 1870 and 1872 and completed several drawings for the project simultaneously. Whereas the lunette's companion shows ''The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace'' and a group of classical women adorning themselves, ''War'' shows a medieval city preparing for combat. See illustration
Lord Frederic Leighton, PRA (1830-1896) Studies of figures for ''The Arts of Industry as Applied to War'', with inscriptions ''Studies'' (below the mount lower right) and with Leighton's studio stamp (lower left, Lugt. 1741a), white and black chalk on blue-grey paper 22.7 x 29.2cms; 9 x 11 1/2in. LITERATURE Christopher Newall, ''The Art Of Lord Leighton'', Oxford 1990, pp. 76-80; illus. on p. 77. PROVENANCE With Peter Nahum, London; Christies King Street Sale, 24th November 1998, Lot 162. The ''Arts of Industry as Applied to War'' was the subject of a lunette in the South Kensington Museum (now V & A), completed in 1878-80. Having received the commission a decade earlier, Leighton worked on a cartoon for the mural between 1870 and 1872 and completed several drawings for the project simultaneously. Whereas the lunette's companion shows ''The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace'' and a group of classical women adorning themselves, ''War'' shows a medieval city preparing for combat. See illustration
Auction: Fine Art, 6th Sep, 2016
