Arthur John Elsley
Private and confidential
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Arthur John Elsley
London 1861–1952 Royal Tunbridge Wells
Private and confidential
signed and dated lower left: ARTHUR J. ELSLEY / 1906
oil on canvas
unframed: 89.5 x 65 cm.; 35¼ x 25⅝ in.
framed: 123.4 x 98.9 cm.; 48⅝ x 39 in.
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Family'), New York, Christie's, 2 May 2001, lot 47;
Where purchased by the present owner.
T. Parker, Golden Hours: The Paintings of Arthur John Elsley, London 1998, p. 104, reproduced on p. 86.
The young girl depicted in the present work is Elsley's only child, Marjorie, born 24 August 1903. She would be the subject of many of his most celebrated paintings. Private and Confidential was illustrated in an American colour calendar manufactured by Thomas D. Murphy & Co in 1908.
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