Live Auction 7397British Art on Paper
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Lot 164

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)

Figures gathering apples

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Figures gathering apples
black chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper
3½ x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm.)

with The Maas Gallery, London, 1979.

Specialist note

The drawing appears to be a sketch for an otherwise unrecorded painting or decorative design. Stylistically the drawing bears comparison with some of Albert Moore's compositional studies, an affinity that reflects its Aesthetic character.