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Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol

John William Godward

A Grecian Reverie

Auction Closed

December 7, 01:32 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol


John William Godward

British

1861 - 1922

A Grecian Reverie


signed and dated J.W. Godward 1889 upper right

oil on canvas

Unframed: 61.1 by 35.5cm., 24 by 14in.

Framed: 92.5 by 63.5cm., 36½ by 25in.

Richard Haworth, Blackburn, as Pompeian Girl ; where purchased by a private collector in the 1920s or 1930s

Peter Nahum, London; where purchased 19 June 1990 by Martin R. Davies, Bristol

Vern Grosvenor Swanson, John William Godward - The Eclipse of Classicism, 1997, p. 175, cat. no. 1889.4, illustrated, pl. 6

Vern Grosvenor Swanson, J.W. Godward 1861-1922 - The Eclipse of Classicism, 2018, p. 261, cat. no. 1889.4, illustrated, pl. 11