Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
PHILIP HERMOGENES CALDERON, R.A. | The Vine
Auction Closed
July 11, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PHILIP HERMOGENES CALDERON, R.A.
1833-1898
The Vine
signed and dated l.r.: PH CALDERON. 1880; numbered, titled and signed on the stretcher: No5 The Vine P.H. Calderon
oil on canvas
144 by 113cm., 57 by 44in.
Bought from the artist by Sir John Aird, Hyde Park Terrace, London and thence to his son Malcolm Rucker Aird, Woolton House, Newbury;
Christie's, London, 1 May 1931, lot 14;
Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1972, lot 67;
Christie's, London, 16 March 1973, lot 39
Art Journal, 1880, p.186
This is one of the eight paintings by the artist owned by the famous civil engineer John Aird and hung in 'The Calderon Room' of his London home, alongside its companion-piece The Olive, also exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880.