Lot 20
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SIMEON SOLOMON | Night Looking Upon Sleep her Beloved Child (II)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Simeon Solomon
  • Night Looking Upon Sleep her Beloved Child (II)
  • signed and dated l.r.: SIMEON/ SOLOMON/ 1893
  • red chalk
  • 56.8 by 44.4cm., 22¼ by 17¼in.

Provenance

Purchased in August 1919 for The Ben Uri Gallery with the assistance of Moshe Oved

Exhibited

Ben Uri Gallery, London, Homeless & Hidden 1, 2009;
Somerset House, London, Out of Chaos: Ben Uri - 100 Years in London, 2015

Condition

The sheet is flat and there are signs of slight cockling. There is a repaired tear running from the left edge of the sheet to the lower poppy with a further associated crease or tear. There is also a repaired tear at the top edge and another at the lower edge. There is general light staining and the drawing would benefit from a light clean and restoration. FRAME The drawing is contained in a simple wooden frame with a clean mount and under glass.
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Catalogue Note

Solomon’s mastery as a draughtsman was particularly fine in his use of red chalk and Night Looking Upon Sleep her Beloved Child is typical of the intensely personal and visionary chalk drawings which Solomon produced during his later years. Another red chalk drawing of a very similar composition, entitled Night and her Child Sleep (Christie's, London, 18 June 2018, lot 8) was made in 1892, a year before the present drawing.