Master Paintings Part I
Master Paintings Part I
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
John Constable R.A.
Helmingham Dell
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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
John Constable R.A.
East Bergholt, Suffolk 1776-1837 Hampstead
Helmingham Dell
oil on canvas
canvas: 28 by 36 ¼ in.; 71 by 92 cm.
framed: 34½ by 42 in.; 87.6 by 106.7 cm.
With Shepherd Brothers, London;
From whom acquired by Thomas Walter Bacon (1863-1950), July 1908;
Thence by descent to his son, Anthony Walter Bacon (1902-1999);
Thence by descent in the family;
From whom acquired by a private collector, New York, 2001;
With Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York;
From whom acquired by the present collector, 2014.
From whom acquired by Thomas Walter Bacon (1863-1950), July 1908;
Thence by descent to his son, Anthony Walter Bacon (1902-1999);
Thence by descent in the family;
From whom acquired by a private collector, New York, 2001;
With Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York;
From whom acquired by the present collector, 2014.
C. Holmes, "A Dell in Helmingham Park. By John Constable," in Burlington Magazine 14, no. 68 (November 1908), pp. 106-107, reproduced (dated 1820-1825);
Centenary Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors by John Constable, R.A., 1776-1837, exhibition catalogue, London 1937, p. 15;
S. Key, John Constable, His Life and Work, London 1948, p. 107, reproduced;
A. Shirley, John Constable R.A., London 1948, p. 24, reproduced plate 82 (dated 1823);
C.R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Composed Chiefly of His Letters, London 1951, pp. 104, 185;
Exhibition of Paintings by John Constable 1776-1837, exhibition catalogue, London 1952, p. 10, cat. no. 43;
R.B. Beckett, "Constable's Helmingham Dell," in Art Quarterly 24 (Spring 1961), pp. 4, 11, 13, reproduced fig. 5;
John Constable’s Correspondence, R.B. Beckett (ed.), Suffolk 1966, vol. IV, p. 107;
G. Reynolds, John Constable, The Natural Painter: 62 Paintings and Drawings from Great Collections, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne 1973, cat. no. 37;
R. Hoozee, L'Opera completa di Constable, Milan 1979, pp. 134-135, reproduced no. 475;
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London 1984, vol. I, p. 218, cat. no. 30.2, reproduced vol. II, plate 771;
R. Dorment, British Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia 1986, pp. 65-66;
L. Parris and I. Fleming-Williams, Constable, London 1991, pp. 314-316, reproduced fig. 88.
Centenary Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors by John Constable, R.A., 1776-1837, exhibition catalogue, London 1937, p. 15;
S. Key, John Constable, His Life and Work, London 1948, p. 107, reproduced;
A. Shirley, John Constable R.A., London 1948, p. 24, reproduced plate 82 (dated 1823);
C.R. Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Composed Chiefly of His Letters, London 1951, pp. 104, 185;
Exhibition of Paintings by John Constable 1776-1837, exhibition catalogue, London 1952, p. 10, cat. no. 43;
R.B. Beckett, "Constable's Helmingham Dell," in Art Quarterly 24 (Spring 1961), pp. 4, 11, 13, reproduced fig. 5;
John Constable’s Correspondence, R.B. Beckett (ed.), Suffolk 1966, vol. IV, p. 107;
G. Reynolds, John Constable, The Natural Painter: 62 Paintings and Drawings from Great Collections, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne 1973, cat. no. 37;
R. Hoozee, L'Opera completa di Constable, Milan 1979, pp. 134-135, reproduced no. 475;
G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London 1984, vol. I, p. 218, cat. no. 30.2, reproduced vol. II, plate 771;
R. Dorment, British Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia 1986, pp. 65-66;
L. Parris and I. Fleming-Williams, Constable, London 1991, pp. 314-316, reproduced fig. 88.