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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Lot 28

Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)

Walpurgis Night

Fermé12 December 2008

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Augustus Edwin John, O.M., R.A. (1878-1961)
Walpurgis Night
signed 'John' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1900.

Humphrey Brooke, and by descent.

Note du spécialiste


In 1900 John began a large painting of Faust and Mephistopheles witnessing a witches' coven on the summit of the Brocken. This oil was never exhibited but was probably very similar to a pen and wash drawing of the same subject (Tate, fig. 1), and a smaller oil (the present work).

Humphrey Brooke (1914-1988) was secretary of the Royal Academy from 1952-68, and lent the present work to John's 1954 exhibition at the Diploma Gallery.