Two Portrait Heads; Legs, after Carpeaux (?); Classical Figure with Snake

Artists

Description

The sketch was made on Royal Academy letterhead; in red, it is printed "Royal Academy of Arts / London, W. / 19__" The work was drawn on half of a folded sheet, but mounted here unfolded.

Dimensions

25.6 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

David Murray, London, sold; [through Christie’s, London, May 28, 1934, lot 2], sold; [to Martin Birnbaum], gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician, 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London.