Live Auction 14232Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Lot 40

Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

Portrait of a young woman

Closed11 July 2017

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Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Portrait of a young woman
signed with initials and dated 'SS/ 1894' (lower right)
sanguine chalk on paper
18 ½ x 15 in. (47 x 38.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 March 1996, lot 41.

Specialist note

This late red chalk drawing is an exercise in Symbolism by Solomon. The drawing presents itself as a portrait, but is probably not a depiction of a real person but rather a head that is suggestive of a mood or emotion.
We are grateful to Colin Cruise for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.