Live Auction 5472Old Master, 19th Century & British Drawings & Watercolours
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
Lot 1181

Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)

A mountain peak in a rocky landscape

Closed9 December 2010

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Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
A mountain peak in a rocky landscape
signed 'Alexr Cozens.' (lower left, on the original mount)
pencil and brown and grey wash, on prepared paper, in the artist's original mount, unframed
9 x 12 3/8 in. (22.8 x 31.4 cm.)

Randall Davies.
Victor Reinaecker.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 June 1973, lot 115.
with Spink, London.

Specialist note

Towards the later stages of his career, Cozens adopted the technique of signing his name on the mount as with the present watercolour. There are comparable examples in the British Museum, London (see nos. 1928,0417.3 and 1941,1213.716, both dated circa 1746-1786).

We are grateful to Dr Kim Sloan of the British Museum for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.