/ Exhibitors

John Constable, R.A. (East Bergholt, Suffolk 1776-1837 Hampstead)

Helmingham Dell

oil on canvas
71 x 92 cm
Circa 1823-1826

Provenance:

Shepherd Brothers from whom bought by T.W. Bacon July 1908 and by descent until 2001; Private collection, USA

Literature:

Sir Charles John Holmes, ‘A Dell in Helmingham Park. By John Constable’, in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 14, no. 68, November 1908, pp. 106-107; R.B. Beckett, 'Constable’s Helmingham Dell', in Art Quarterly, XXIV, Spring 1961, pp. 2-14; R. Hoozee, L’opera completa di Constable, Milan, 1979, no. 475; G. Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1984, vol. I, p. 218, pl. 77, vol. II, no 30.2 (dated wrongly); L. Parris and I. Fleming-Williams, exh. cat. Constable, Tate, 1991, p. 314 - 317, ill. fig. 88

Exhibitions:

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1933-4; Birmingham, Birmingham City Art Gallery, on loan circa 1950-2001; London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Exhibition of paintings by John Constable 1776-1837, 8 July-30 August 1952, p. 10, no. 43; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, on loan 2002-2004

Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)

Annette Venice

Bronze with brown patina
46.5 x 26.5 x 12.7 cm
Signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 6/6'; inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondr Paris'
Circa 1960

Provenance:

Sale Loudmer, no. 51; 27 October 1982 of Marguerite and Aime Maeght

Literature:

Y. Bonnefoy, Alberto Giacometti, A Biography of His Works, Paris, 1991, p. 510 (another cast illustrated)

Exhibitions:

Zurich, Galerie Maeght, November 1981-January 1982 no. 23