'Summer Moon'

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Painting details

Title: 'Summer Moon'
Date: c.1872
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 100.0 x 128.0 cm
Location: Private Collection, India
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (Rhys, Ernest, `Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London, 1900, opposite

Description

Two seated female figures, asleep on the ledge of a round opening. Figures on left handside sitting leaning against other figure. Head shown in three quarter view leaning against right hand side of the neck of reclining figure. Figure's left hand interlocking with other figure's right hand. Figure on right hand side is reclining with left arm resting on her left thigh and knee. Face is in profile. The background shows a night sky, pomegranate fruits and foilage.

Provenance

Collection of Alfred Morrison; sold through Christie's, London 24 March 1906 (lot 33); collection of Ranjitsinhji; Private Collection, India.

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, figure 18,34. Ormond, Leonee and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, plate 118, catalogue number 201

Exhibition history

• 1872, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 202
• 1887, Manchester, catalogue number 438
• 04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works be the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 84

Reproductions

Photogravure by Colnaghi Brothers