Collector, Dealer, Connoisseur: The Vision of Richard L. Feigen
Collector, Dealer, Connoisseur: The Vision of Richard L. Feigen
Richard Parkes Bonington
The Palazzi Manolesso-Ferro, Contarini-Fasan and Venier-Contarini on the Grand Canal, Venice
Auction Closed
October 18, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Richard Parkes Bonington
Arnold 1801 - 1828 London
The Palazzi Manolesso-Ferro, Contarini-Fasan and Venier-Contarini on the Grand Canal, Venice
stamped with the name of Mr. Davey of Newman Street on verso; remnants of a red wax atelier seal on verso
oil on millboard
millboard: 14 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.; 36.8 by 47.6 cm.
framed: 20 1/2 by 20 5/8 in.; 52.1 by 52.4 cm.
Possibly, R.P. Bonington sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 June 1829, lot 58 (£8 to Utterson);
Possibly there acquired by Edward Vernon Utterson (1777-1856);
His sale, London, Christie's, 14 February 1857, lot 817 (as Buildings on the Grand Canal at Venice - a sketch, £8);
General Sir James Willoughby Gordon;
Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Baron Burgh (1866-1926);
His sale, London, Christie's, 9 July 1926, lot 21 (310 gns. to Mr. Martin H. James);
H. James;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 April 1987, lot 53;
There acquired by Richard L. Feigen.
Possibly there acquired by Edward Vernon Utterson (1777-1856);
His sale, London, Christie's, 14 February 1857, lot 817 (as Buildings on the Grand Canal at Venice - a sketch, £8);
General Sir James Willoughby Gordon;
Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Baron Burgh (1866-1926);
His sale, London, Christie's, 9 July 1926, lot 21 (310 gns. to Mr. Martin H. James);
H. James;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 24 April 1987, lot 53;
There acquired by Richard L. Feigen.
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington, "On the Pleasure of Painting," exhibition catalogue, New Haven 1991, p. 213, cat. no. 97, reproduced in color;
T. Wilcox in Venezia da Stato a Mito, ed. A. Bettagno, exhibition catalogue, Venice 1997, pp. 371-2, cat. no. 60, reproduced in color p. 240;
M. Warner in R. Asleson, ed., Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney, exhibition catalogue, New Haven 2001, pp. 181-83, cat. no. 54, reproduced in color. 183;
I. Warrell, ed., Turner and Venice, exhibition catalogue, London 2003, pp. 90, 270, cat. no. 2, reproduced in color p. 91, fig. 80;
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings, New Haven and London 2008, pp. 306-07, cat. no. 241, reproduced in color p. 307;
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington, exhibition catalogue, New York 2018, unpaginated, cat. no. 17, reproduced in color.
T. Wilcox in Venezia da Stato a Mito, ed. A. Bettagno, exhibition catalogue, Venice 1997, pp. 371-2, cat. no. 60, reproduced in color p. 240;
M. Warner in R. Asleson, ed., Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney, exhibition catalogue, New Haven 2001, pp. 181-83, cat. no. 54, reproduced in color. 183;
I. Warrell, ed., Turner and Venice, exhibition catalogue, London 2003, pp. 90, 270, cat. no. 2, reproduced in color p. 91, fig. 80;
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings, New Haven and London 2008, pp. 306-07, cat. no. 241, reproduced in color p. 307;
P. Noon, Richard Parkes Bonington, exhibition catalogue, New York 2018, unpaginated, cat. no. 17, reproduced in color.