The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Charles John Holmes, Constable and his influence on landscape painting, Archibald Constable and Company, Limited, Westminster, UK, 1902, p. 46, Folio A N80 (YCBA)Charles Robert Leslie, Memoirs of the life of John Constable, R.A., The Medici Society, Ltd., London, UK, 1937, pl. 49, NJ18 C74 L47 1937 (YCBA)Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 199, 14.40, pl. 1185 (v.2), NJ18 C74 R484 1996 + (YCBA)Andrew Shirley, John Constable, R. A., Medical Society, London, 1944, pp. xi, no. 49, pl. 49, NJ18 C74 S55 (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 107, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Provenance:
Created by John Constable (1776-1837), the artist; by descent to his daughter, Isabel Constable (1822-1888); purchased at auction by Wallis and Son, the French Gallery, 120 Pall Mall, London at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 17, 1892 (lot 224, ”Horses and Cart”), in “Works of the late John Constable, R.A.”[1]; purchased at auction by Sampson at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, November 18, 1898 (lot 131, ”Study of Horses and Cart”) in “Valuable stock of ancient and modern pictures and water-colour drawings of the continental schools of Messrs. Wallis & Son, of the French gallery, 120 Pall Mall” [2];...; acquired by Mrs. Waite; purchased at auction by Peel [?], Christie, Manson & Woods, June 9, 1933 (lot 28) in “Modern Pictures and Drawings” [3];...; acquired by Percy Moore Turner (1877-1950) [4]; by descent to his widow, Mabel Grace Wells Turner (1884-1978) [5]; purchased by John Baskett (1930-) at Sotheby’s, London, England, November 16, 1988 (lot 91, ‘A Farm Cart with Two Horses in Harness’) in “British Paintings 1500-1850”[6][7] on behalf of Paul Mellon (1907-1999); by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, December 1999. Citations: --- [1] Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 17, 1892 (lot 224, ”Horses and Cart”), in “Works of the late John Constable, R.A.” --- [2] Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, November 18, 1898 (lot 131, ”Study of Horses and Cart”) in “Valuable stock of ancient and modern pictures and water-colour drawings of the continental schools of Messrs. Wallis & Son, of the French gallery, 120 Pall Mall” --- [3] Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, June 9, 1933, “Catalogue of Modern Pictures and Drawings, the Property of Mrs. Waite.” --- [4] Graham Reynolds, The early paintings and drawings of John Constable, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 199, 14.40, pl. 1185 (v.2) --- [5] Ibid. --- [6] Sotheby’s, London, England, November 16, 1988 (lot 91, ‘A Farm Cart with Two Horses in Harness’) in “British Paintings 1500-1850” --- [7] John Baskett papers. Yale Center for British Art, Archives, John Baskett Ltd. stock book, 1967-1990, Box 1377, pp.149-150 [https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3080199]