Study for 'Clytie': Head of Clytie

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Clytie': Head of Clytie
Date: c.1895
Media: Black and white chalk on grey brown paper
Dimensions: 26.5 x 22.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0711
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, upper left "707" written in black biro.

Description

Study for the head, neck, and part of the shoulder of Clytie in the painting 'Clytie' (c.1895-96, private collection). Some of the hair is also indicated. 

Provenance

Collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.173 (listed under catalogue number 396) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 25