Study for 'Music': Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Male Figure
Date: c.1884
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 22.7 x 31.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0632
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "Music and dancing" in pencil. Inscribed lower "Study for Decoration" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre " F33" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in biro. Inscribed on reve

Description

Full-length drapery study for the seated male figure on the far left of the painting ''Music" (c.1883-85, Leighton House Museum). The head arms, lower legs and feet, and the chair he sits on are all 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)
• Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P. R. A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, illustrated opposite p.XXVI