European & British Paintings Day Auction
European & British Paintings Day Auction
Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
John William Godward
A Greek Beauty
Auction Closed
December 7, 01:32 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Martin R. Davies, Bristol
John William Godward
British
1861 - 1922
A Greek Beauty
signed and dated J.W. Godward 1905 lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 76.2 by 38cm., 30 by 15in.
Framed: 109.2 by 71.3cm., 43 by 28in.
Thomas McLean, London, 20 January 1905
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1983, lot 35
Private collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1993, lot 239
Private collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 3 November 1993, lot 240
Purchased from the above by Richard Green Fine Paintings, London; where purchased 12 November 1993 by Martin B. Davies, Bristol
Vern Grosvenor Swanson, John William Godward - The Eclipse of Classicism, 1997, pp. 79, 214, cat. no. 1905.6, illustrated p. 79, pl. 56
Vern Grosvenor Swanson, J.W. Godward 1861-1922 - The Eclipse of Classicism, 2018, pp. 96, 291, cat. no. 1905.6, illustrated p. 95, pl. 90
London, Thomas McLean, Annual Winter Exhibition, 1905, no. 59