William Blake
Catalog Information: 20 lots | 19 with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
INSCRIBED TITLE-PAGE DESIGN FOR 'THE GRAVE'(THE SKELETON RE-ANIMATED)measurements note332 by 266 mm.; 13 1/8 by 10 1/2 in.inscribed in pen and grayish black ink: The Grave/ a Poem/ By Robert Blair/ Illustrated with 12 Engravings/ by Louis Schiavonett [...more]
Lot 2: WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
THE MEETING OF A FAMILY IN HEAVEN(A FAMILY MEETING IN HEAVEN) THE MEETING OF A FAMILY IN HEAVEN(A FAMILY MEETING IN HEAVEN)measurements note234 by 133 mm.; 9 1/4 by 5 1/4 in.pen and black ink and watercolor over pencilNOTEIn this watercolor, Blake de [...more]
Lot 3: WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
DEATH OF THE STRONG WICKED MAN(THE STRONG WICKED MAN DYING) measurements note202 by 255 mm.; 7 15/16 by 10 in. pen and black ink and watercolor over traces of pencilNOTEIn this, one of the most powerful and intense of the watercolors, Blake transform [...more]
Lot 4: WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
'THE GRAVE PERSONIFIED'measurements note203 by 297 mm.; 8 by 11 3/4 in.inscribed in pencil on the mount below: The Grave Personified -- Unfinish'd; on the verso of the mount center left: Not; and with arough sketch of a squatting figure also on the v [...more]
Lot 5: WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
'WHILST SURFEITED UPON THY DAMASK CHEEK, THE HIGH-FED WORM IN LAZY VOLUMES ROLL'D, RIOTS UNSCAR'D'measurements note196 by 133 mm.; 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 in.pen and black and gray inks and watercolor over pencilLITERATUREButlin 2002, p. 71;Bentley, 2001, pp. [...more]
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