Live Auction 21955British and European Art
HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1854-1920)
Lot 13

HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1854-1920)

Sea Melodies

Closed14 December 2023

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GBP 37,800

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HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1854-1920)
Sea Melodies
signed 'Herbert Draper' (lower right) and inscribed ''Sea Melodies'/And rippling through the splash of waves/the merman's pipe shall sound' (on the reverse)
oil on panel, painted oval
13 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (34.9 x 24.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; McTear's, Glasgow, 26 April 2017, lot 58.
with The Maas Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

This is an oil study for Draper's painting Sea Melodies (Private Collection) which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1904, (no. 302).