Name: HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (ZÜRICH 1741-1825 LONDON)
Brand: A nude male figure, seated on a step
Price: 10000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (ZÜRICH 1741-1825 LONDON)
A nude male figure, seated on a step
with number '108' (centre left)
pencil on buff paper
7⁵⁄₈ x 7⁵⁄₈ in. (19.3 x 19.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 November 1980, lot 7.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 June 2007, lot 188.

London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 32.

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

Annabel KishorSpecialist

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

akishor@christies.com +44 (0) 20 7389 2709

Lot Essay

This drawing of a contemplative figure appears to have been part of an album to which both Fuseli and his friend James Northcote (1746-1831) contributed, while both were in Italy in 1777. See G. Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, 1973 , I, p. 84 , and II, p. 602 .