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Lot 4

Head Study for the figure of Lancelot in "The Failure of Sir Lancelot" from the "Quest of the Holy Grail" series

Lot 4

Head Study for the figure of Lancelot in "The Failure of Sir Lancelot" from the "Quest of the Holy Grail" series

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Estimate$1,500 – $2,500

Status

Closed

Sir Edward Burne-Jones

(British, 1833-1898)

Head Study for the figure of Lancelot in "The Failure of Sir Lancelot" from the "Quest of the Holy Grail" series

graphite on paper laid to board

9 x 7 1/2 inches.

We are grateful to The Burne-Jones Catalogue Raisonné Foundation for their assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.

Provenance:

Margaret Mackail, the Artist's daughter, 1898-1954

Her sale; Christie's, London, December 3, 1954 (as A Study of a Head, part lot 35)

The Drawing Shop, New York, by 1962

Kenneth A. Lohf, New York

Gifted to Paul Palmer, partner of the above, 2002

Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited:

New York, The Drawing Shop, English drawings and watercolors: Isaac Oliver through Burne-Jones, October 16 - November 10, 1962, no. 172 (as Head Study of Charles Augustus Howell for the figure of Lancelot in "The Failure of Sir Lancelot" from the "Quest of the Holy Grail" series)

Framed: 15 5/8 x 13 1/4 inches.

Laid to paper board; uneven toning to sheet with yellowing around edges; some scattered foxing; fills to sheet within face and hair of figure; tears and losses in lower left corner.

Inscribed on verso of paper board with partial provenance, name of model, and date of framing.

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Head Study for the figure of Lancelot in "The Failure of Sir Lancelot" from the "Quest of the Holy Grail" series

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