Live Auction 7919The Nicolette Wernick Collection British Watercolours and Paintings (1800-1950)
Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Lot 32

Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)

Study for a Neo-Classical figure, with right arm raised

Closed16 June 2010

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GBP 2,750

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Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt., P.R.A., R.W.S. (1826-1919)
Study for a Neo-Classical figure, with right arm raised
with inscription 'By Poynter/who was throwing it into a wastepaper- basket when Holiday suggested that it would be better bestowed upon him!' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on paper
14¼ x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.1 cm.)

Henry Holiday.
with J.S. Maas, London, 1972, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

For other works by the artist see lots 46 and 66.