Study for 'The Dance': Male Figure, Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Dance': Male Figure, Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1882
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 28.5 x 34.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0624
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed lower centre "Decoration" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "F47" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the male figure seen leaning on a staff, to the left of the painting 'The Dance' (c.1881-83, Leighton House Museum). Right of sheet: half-length drapery study for the female figure in blue and green, seen to the right of the same painting. The neck and part of the right arm are also indicated. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (n+e Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (n+e Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.166 (listed under catalogue number 292) 

Exhibition history

• 10 March 1981 to 26 April 1981, 'Victorian Paintings at Riverside', Riverside Studios, London