Lot Essay
We are grateful to Kara Lysandra Ross for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for this picture, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Edmund Blair Leighton.
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A Favour
Details
Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922)
A Favour
signed and dated 'E.BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1898.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 20 in. (91.5 x 50.9 cm.)
A Favour
signed and dated 'E.BLAIR LEIGHTON. 1898.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 20 in. (91.5 x 50.9 cm.)
Provenance
with Haynes Fine Art, Worcestershire.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 28 July 1992, lot 343.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 November 1994, lot 238.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 28 October 2013, lot 40, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 28 July 1992, lot 343.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 November 1994, lot 238.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 28 October 2013, lot 40, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A. Yockney, The Art Annual: The Art of E. Blair Leighton, London, Christmas 1913, p. 8, illustrated.
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Sarah Reynolds
We are grateful to Kara Lysandra Ross for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for this picture, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Edmund Blair Leighton.