Lot Essay
We are grateful to Kara Lysandra Ross for her assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for this picture, which will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Edmund Blair Leighton.
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The Keys
Details
Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922)
The Keys
signed with initials and dated 'E.B.L./1909' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (107 x 57.5 cm.)
The Keys
signed with initials and dated 'E.B.L./1909' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (107 x 57.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Royal Exchange Art Gallery, London.
with Frost & Reed Ltd, London.
with Christopher Wood, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 130.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 1980, lot 30.
with Frost & Reed Ltd, London.
with Christopher Wood, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 18 April 1978, lot 130.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 1980, lot 30.
Literature
A. Yockney, The Art Annual: The Art of E. Blair Leighton, London, Christmas 1913, p. 32.
Documented in Edmund Blair Leighton’s personal records, put together from documents and letters from the estate.
Documented in Edmund Blair Leighton’s personal records, put together from documents and letters from the estate.
Exhibited
London, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, 27th Autumn Exhibition, 1909, no. 88.
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