Study for 'Clytie': Hair

• enlarge drawing

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Clytie': Hair
Date: c.1895
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 36.5 x 27.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0713
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Interpretation

Leighton made a similar detailed study of hair for the earlier painting 'Summer Slumber' (c.1894, private collection) which is now in the collection of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (reference number Cecil French 31).

Description

Study for the hair of Clytie in the painting 'Clytie' (c.1895-96, private collection). The face, neck, and part of the shoulder 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

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.164 catalogue number 27b
• Corkran, Alice, 'Frederic Leighton', Methuen and Co., London, 1904, illustrated opposite p.162
• Cockerell, Samuel Pepys (Foreward), 'Catalogue of a Collection of Studies for Pictures, Designs and Sketch 

Exhibition history

• December 1896 to 1897, 'Collection of Studies for Pictures, Designs and Sketches by the Late Lord Leighton, P.R.A.', Fine Art Society, London, catalogue number 235
• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 27b (exhibited on the staircase)
• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 52
• 08 November 2006 to 25 F