Live Auction 10801Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929)
Lot 152

Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929)

Study of a male nude, seated, turning away to the right

Closed16 December 2015

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GBP 12,500

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Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929)
Study of a male nude, seated, turning away to the right
watercolour on paper
7 x 11 3/8 in. (17.8 x 28.9 cm.)

Given by the artist's executors to
Charles Francis Bell, 1929, by whom given to
Cuthbert A. Williamson, 24 June 1942.

Specialist note

Charles Francis Bell (1871-1966) was the first keeper of Fine Art at the Ashmolean Museum, and shaped the career of the art historian Kenneth Clark (1903-1983), amongst others. He was the nephew of Sir Edward Poynter, P.R.A. (1836-1919).