Two female nude studies for 'The Lament for Icarus'

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HERBERT JAMES DRAPER (BRITISH, 1864-1920)
Two female nude studies for 'The Lament for Icarus'
the first inscribed 'Ethel Gurden' (upper left)
pencil and black and white chalk on buff paper
6 ½ x 5 ½ in. (16.5 x 14 cm.); 4 ½ x 7 ¾ in. (11.4 x 19.7 cm.)

Provenance

The artist, and by descent.
with Julian Hartnoll, London, An Exhibition of Drawings by Herbert Draper (1863-1920), 9-19 February 1999, no. 6, as part of a larger sheet.

Literature

S. Toll, Herbert Draper 1863-1920; A Life Study, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 184, no. HJD87iv.

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Lot Essay

For his masterpiece The Lament for Icarus (1898, Tate Britain) Draper used a number of professional models. The singing nymph, with her arms outstretched in despair was drawn from Ethel Gurden and the model supporting Icarus's body was from Ethel Maud Warwick, who became Draper's favourite model and had also sat for The Sea Maiden (sold in these Rooms, 16 June 2010, lot 168).

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