Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Auction Closed
July 11, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA, O.M., R.A. AND STUDIO
1836 - 1912
Reclining Woman
signed with initials u.r.: E.A.T.
oil on panel
34.5 by 21.5cm., 13½ by 8½in.
J.A. Cooling Gallery, London;
Ruby Sophia Rich Shalit (1888-1988) and thence by descent until 2018;
Christie's, London, 11 July 2018, lot 91, where purchased by Stan Battat
The present picture probably depicts the artist’s wife Laura, in a languid and intimate pose which is suggestive of tenderness and closeness with a book resting against her breast as though she has been interrupted from her reading - this is reminiscent of a similar picture of Laura, reading the Graphic, titled Interrupted (London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham). It has been suggested that this picture may have been unfinished by Alma-Tadema and taken-up by another artist, perhaps his daughter Anna.