Study for 'Flaming June': Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Flaming June': Female Figures
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 36.7 x 27.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0743
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "B86" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Upper half of sheet: full-length study for the reclining female figure in the painting 'Flaming June' (c.1895, Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico). The pose differs to that of the finished work as the figure's right arm rests across the head. Also a chair, not included in the finished work, is indicated. Lower half of sheet: full-length study for the reclining female figure in the same painting. The pose is similar to the finished work although, unlike the painting, drapery covers the figure's head. 

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.161 catalogue number 1b
• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, p.101 catalogue number 6.1 (illustrated)
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard,  

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 1b (exhibited in the dining room)
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 6.1