John William Godward, R.B.A. (1861-1922)

Memories, a study

Details

John William Godward, R.B.A. (1861-1922)
Memories, a study
signed and dated 'J.W. GODWARD. '90.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.8 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 November 1969, part lot 104, as A Classical Beauty.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 12 June 1973, lot 162, as Waiting.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 23 June 1981, lot 236, as On the Terrace.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Monaco, 15 June 1986, lot 91, as Sur la Terrasse.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 May 1991, lot 213, as Faraway Thoughts.
with Allan Turak, New Jersey.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 1997, lot 91, as Waiting for the procession.

Literature

V. Swanson, J.W. Godward 1861-1922: The Eclipse of Classicism, Woodbridge, 1997, first edition, pp. 40, 179-80, illustrated col. pl. 11, no. 1890.18, incorrectly titled as Waiting for the Procession (study).
V. Swanson, J.W. Godward 1861-1922: The Eclipse of Classicism, Woodbridge, 2018, second edition, pp. 262-3, no. 1890.8.

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Lot Essay

Although the present picture has been known by many titles, in Vern Swanson's second edition of his catalogue raisonné he identifies the painting as a study for Godward's 1891 work Memories (Broken Hill Art Gallery, Australia).

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