Study for 'Solitude': Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Solitude': Female Figure
Date: c.1889
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 32.6 x 23.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0793
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "524" encircled, in blue biro, crossed out in blue biro.

Description

Full-length nude study for the seated female figure in the painting 'Solitude' (c.1890, Maryhill Museum of Fine Arts, Washington). The figure faces the viewer and both hands are placed between the thighs, whereas in the finished painting the figure is turned to the right and the arms are held higher. 

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