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An Open Book

Watercolour
ca. 1884 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Highly-finished watercolour of a seated female figure. Studies of the figure's arms at the top of the sheet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAn Open Book (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Brief description
Watercolour,, An Open Book', by Albert Moore, 1884
Physical description
Highly-finished watercolour of a seated female figure. Studies of the figure's arms at the top of the sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.2cm
  • Width: 31.2cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from the artist, 1884.

Exhibited at the Old Water Colour Society in 1884. The drawing is a watercolour version of a figure in Moore's "Reading Aloud", which is at Glasgow; both works are reproduced in the 'Art Journal', 1903, p.32. The watercolour, which is said to have been Moore's second (finished?) drawing in that medium, is also reproduced in A L Baldry's 'Albert Moore', 1894, facing p.66, in colour in H M Cundall's 'History of British Water Colour Painting', 1908, facing p.142; and as picture postcards by Messers Levy and Eyre & Spottiswoode. 11 3/4 x 9 inches.
Collection
Accession number
42-1884

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Record createdDecember 23, 2008
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