Female nude study for 'Moonbeams dipping into the sea'

Name: EVELYN DE MORGAN (1855-1919)
Brand: Female nude study for 'Moonbeams dipping into the sea'
Price: 11000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 13,860

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GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

Closed: 14 Jul 2022

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EVELYN DE MORGAN (1855-1919)

Female nude study for 'Moonbeams dipping into the sea'

Price Realised GBP 13,860

Closed: 14 Jul 2022

Price Realised GBP 13,860

Closed: 14 Jul 2022

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EVELYN DE MORGAN (1855-1919)
Female nude study for 'Moonbeams dipping into the sea'
numbered '32' (lower left)
coloured chalks on buff paper
14¹⁄₂ x 9¹⁄₄ in. (36.9 x 23.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This drawing appears to be a study for the upper figure in (National Trust, Knightshayes Court, Devon and De Morgan Foundation, London)The personification of dusk and the moon was a motif Evelyn De Morgan visited frequently in her later work, and in she depicts three beautiful young women reaching from the moon to the surface of the sea, holding hands and entwined in diaphonous fabric. This study is for the upper figure, who reaches up to rest her arm on the moon and down to hold the hand of the next maiden. A study for the lower figure was shown at Hartnoll & Eyre, London, , 1970, no. 1.
We are grateful to Scott Buckle for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.