John Ruskin
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John Ruskin
1819-1900
Rocks in Unrest
1886
Watercolor with graphite.
7 7/16 x 12 1/8 inches (188 x 308 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.231
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Watermark: none.
Inscription:
Inscribed in border, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Drawn from my favourite S[t] Gothard, for Mod. Painters 4[th] vol./(J. Ruskin Brantwood. 23[d] Aug. 86)".
Provenance:
Sale, London, Christie's, 14 November 1989, lot 158, repr. in color; Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd. London; 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. 348, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 62.
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