Live Auction 1545Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Lot 74

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

Coffee house in Algiers

Closed17 June 2014

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Coffee house in Algiers
oil on canvas
12 x 15¾ in. (30.5 x 40 cm.)

Douglas Freshfield; Christie's, London, 2 November 1934, lot 67 (1 of 3 in the lot, 16 gns to Lowry).
with Christopher Wood, London.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 5 March 1993, lot 92, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Leighton made frequent trips abroad in the winter, for the sake of his health. He visited Algiers in 1857 and again in 1895. As in so many of his architectural sketches, he remained fascinated by the interplay of space and the fall of light.