Study for 'Summer Slumber': Male Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Summer Slumber': Male Figures
Date: c.1893
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 28.1 x 36.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0772
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Summer Slumber" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Summer Slumber" in pencil, written sideways. Inscribed on reverse, centre "457" encircled, in red biro.

Description

 

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

• Simon, Robin (editor), 'Lord Leighton', Apollo Magazine, London, 1996, p.39
• Smith, Alison (editor), 'Exposed: The Victorian Nude', Tate Publishing, London, 2001, p.192 catalogue number 119 

Exhibition history

• 01 November 2001 to 27 January 2002, 'Exposed: The Victorian Nude', Tate Britain, London, catalogue number 119
• 18 February 2002 to 26 May 2002, 'Exposed: The Victorian Nude', Haus der Kunst, Munich, catalogue number
• February 2003 to August 2003, 'Exposed: The Victorian Nude'
• Prefectural Museum Kobe City Museum, Kobe, and University Art Museum, Tokyo