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August Lucas
1803-1863
Women Laundering in the Grotto of Subiaco
1850
Watercolor over graphite.
12 3/4 x 18 5/8 inches (323 x 473 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.160
Inscription:
Monogrammed, dated, and inscribed at lower right, in graphite, "Subiaco li 6 di Septbr/ A L 1850"; inscribed at upper left, "N 12 6".
Provenance:
Estate of the artist's pupil Philipp Röth (1841-1921), Munich; Kunstsalon Günther Franke, Munich, December 1937; Carl Heumann (1886-1945), Chemnitz (Lugt 2841a); by descent; sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berne, 17 June 2004, lot 35, repr.; C. G. Boerner Inc. New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names:
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 246, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 40, repr.
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