EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES (BRITISH 1833-1898) Lot n° 16
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TWO SHEETS OF STUDIES FOR SLEEVES FOR 'THE GOLDEN STAIRS'
each initialed
C on the reverse
both pencil on paper
each 25.5 x 13.5cm; 10 x 5 1/4in
38.5 x 42cm; 15 1/4 x 16 1/2in (framed as one)
Property sold on behalf of a Charitable Trust
Provenance
Sir George and Lady Elizabeth Lewis (a gift from the artist in 1881)
Thence by descent to the present owner, grandson of the above
The present two studies relate to the the sleeves of the girl playing a violin half-way down the stairs (who has the features of May Morris), and to the figure holding a tambourine, seventh from left whose face is obscured in the painting by the head of another musician.
See note to previous lot
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