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Study of a sprig of Myrtle
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JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)
Study of a sprig of Myrtle
graphite, plume et encre grise et aquarelle, rehaussés de touches de gouache
14.5 x 18.7 cm.
14.5 x 18.7 cm.
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
5 ¾ x 7 3⁄8 in.
Study of a sprig of Myrtle
graphite, plume et encre grise et aquarelle, rehaussés de touches de gouache
14.5 x 18.7 cm.
14.5 x 18.7 cm.
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour
5 ¾ x 7 3⁄8 in.
来源
William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932), Coniston, Cumbria.
Vente, Christie's, Londres, 19 mars 1985, lot 138.
Vente, Sotheby's, Londres, 10 avril 1997, lot 74.
Bernadette et William M. B. Berger, Denver, CO., The Berger Collection Educational Trust; sa vente, Sotheby's, New York, 25 janvier 2017, lot 101.
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, Londres.
Acquis auprès de celui-ci par les propriétaires actuels en 2019.
Vente, Christie's, Londres, 19 mars 1985, lot 138.
Vente, Sotheby's, Londres, 10 avril 1997, lot 74.
Bernadette et William M. B. Berger, Denver, CO., The Berger Collection Educational Trust; sa vente, Sotheby's, New York, 25 janvier 2017, lot 101.
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, Londres.
Acquis auprès de celui-ci par les propriétaires actuels en 2019.
展览
Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Ruskin, 1969, non numéroté.
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Dans les années 1870, Ruskin travaille à un ouvrage consacré aux études florales, illustré de planches botaniques, intitulé Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, while Air Was Yet Pure among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father Knew, publié en plusieurs livraisons entre 1875 et 1886. Cet ouvrage profondément personnel célèbre son amour des fleurs sauvages, délaissant une approche scientifique traditionnelle au profit d’une méthode hautement observatrice, plus sensible et poétique.L’aquarelle présentée n’est pas utilisée dans la publication, mais elle se rattache étroitement à l’une des illustrations du livre, intitulée Myrtilla Regina. Cette planche est gravée d’après une aquarelle exécutée par Ruskin à Isella, dans le nord de l’Italie, en 1877, et signalée dans la liste des planches comme étant 'Sketched for her gesture only'. Il semble donc probable que le présent dessin date de la même période et constitue peut-être une étude alternative, finalement non retenue pour l’ouvrage.Le dessin publié dans Proserpina partage avec la feuille présente l’élégante courbure de la branche. Ruskin précise qu'elle représente, aussi faiblement que ce soit, l’orgueilleux renversement de la tête de Myrtilla Regina: un geste aussi beau chez elle qu’il est terrible chez le Serpent royal d’Égypte.' (J. Ruskin, Proserpina. Studies of Wayside Flowers…, Orpington, 1879, repris dans E.T. Cook et A.Wedderburn (éd.), The Works of John Ruskin, vol.XXV, Londres, 1906, p. 363).
In the 1870s Ruskin worked on a book of studies of flowers with botanical illustrations, entitled Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, while Air Was Yet Pure among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father Knew', which was published in several parts between 1875 and 1886. This highly personal work was a celebration of his love of wildflowers, avoiding a conventional, scientific approach to botany in favour of a highly observational but softer approach.The present watercolour was not used for the publication, but is closely related to one of the illustrations, entitled Myrtilla Regina, engraved after a watercolour made by Ruskin in Isella, northern Italy, in 1877, and noted in the list of plates as being 'Sketched for her gesture only'. It seems likely that this drawing dates from the same period and may have been an alternative unused study for the book.The drawing illustrated in the book shares the elegantly curving shape of the branch here, and Ruskin noted that it 'represents, however feebly, the proud bending back of her head by Myrtilla Regina: an action as beautiful in her as it is terrible in the Kingly Serpent of Egypt.' (J. Ruskin, Proserpina. Studies of Wayside Flowers..., Orpington, 1879, reprinted in E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn, ed., The Works of John Ruskin, Vol. XXV, London, 1906, p. 363).
In the 1870s Ruskin worked on a book of studies of flowers with botanical illustrations, entitled Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, while Air Was Yet Pure among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father Knew', which was published in several parts between 1875 and 1886. This highly personal work was a celebration of his love of wildflowers, avoiding a conventional, scientific approach to botany in favour of a highly observational but softer approach.The present watercolour was not used for the publication, but is closely related to one of the illustrations, entitled Myrtilla Regina, engraved after a watercolour made by Ruskin in Isella, northern Italy, in 1877, and noted in the list of plates as being 'Sketched for her gesture only'. It seems likely that this drawing dates from the same period and may have been an alternative unused study for the book.The drawing illustrated in the book shares the elegantly curving shape of the branch here, and Ruskin noted that it 'represents, however feebly, the proud bending back of her head by Myrtilla Regina: an action as beautiful in her as it is terrible in the Kingly Serpent of Egypt.' (J. Ruskin, Proserpina. Studies of Wayside Flowers..., Orpington, 1879, reprinted in E.T. Cook and A. Wedderburn, ed., The Works of John Ruskin, Vol. XXV, London, 1906, p. 363).
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