Lot 117
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JOHANN HEINRICH FÜSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825)

A Witch at Work

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    JOHANN HEINRICH FÜSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825)

    A Witch at Work

    Current Bid (3 Bids)USD 300
    Current Bid (3 Bids)USD 300
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    JOHANN HEINRICH FÜSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825)
    A Witch at Work
    with inscription, 'after Fus [trimmed]' (lower right) and with a further identifying inscription and number, 'D2419' (on the reverse in the hand of Leonard Duke)
    pencil on laid paper
    63⁄4 x 45⁄8 in. (17.3 x 12 cm.)
    Provenance
    Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1971), London, with his note signed 'LGD' (verso); Sotheby's, London, 16 July 1970, lot 76 (£100 to J. Holland).
    Joseph Holland (1910-1994), and Vincent Newton (1917-2005), New York, Los Angeles and Santa Fe.
    with John Windle, New York, May 1996, from where purchased for the present collection.
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    Lot Essay

    As Duke correctly points out the present pencil drawing relates to a larger pen and ink sketch in the Kunsthaus Zurich, Two Courtesans with Knife and Staff in Indistinct Performance, illustrated in P. Ganz, The Drawings of Henry Fuseli, London, 1949, pp. 42 and listed p. 79.
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