Lot #2659: EDWARD BURNE-JONES - Study of a Woman's Head - Silver point or hard pencil drawing on paper covered with white ground

 

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833-1898).
Title: "Study of a Woman's Head".
Medium: Silver point or hard pencil drawing on paper covered with white ground.
Date: Composed c1870?.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (248 x 168 mm).
Lot Note(s): Initialed lower right. Thick textured watermarked J Whatman wove paper. Very good to fine condition; would be fine save for pin pricks in the corners. Comment(s): “Study of a Head in Profile,” a work comparable to our example in composition, size, and medium, sold for $18,050 (£13,750) at Bonhams, Bond Street, London, February 20, 2019, lot #64. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones was an artist and designer closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. [30182-1-8000]