Study for 'Music': Drapery for Seated Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Drapery for Seated Female Figure
Date: c.1884
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 26.1 x 22.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0628
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Project for Dance" in pencil. Stamped centre left "LLC" embossed.

Description

Full-length drapery study for the seated female figure to the left of the painting 'Music' (c.1883-85, Leighton House Museum). The arms, head, left foot, and the line of the ground 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.167 (listed under catalogue number 309)