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JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER (1775–1851)

The Brenva Glacier from Notre Dame de la Guerison, above Courmayeur, Val d'Aosta

Year 1836
Medium Watercolour with scratching out
Dimensions 19 x 30.2 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.

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Provenance

Possibly in the collection of John Edward Taylor (1872-1912?);

Possibly Christie's, London, 5 July 1912, lot 86 (sold for 350gns);

Private collection, UK;

with Agnew's, London by 1999;

Private collection.

Literature

D. Hill, Joseph Mallord William Turner: Le Mont-Blanc et La Vallé d’Aoste, exh. cat., Museo

Archeologico Regionale Aosta 2000, p. 151 and p. 277, no. 28.

Exhibitions / Fairs

London, Agnew's Gallery, English Watercolours and Drawings, 1999, no. 57, illustrated in colour, as

'A Glacier in the Alps'.

Aosta, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Joseph Mallord William Turner: Le Mont-Blanc et la Vallée

d'Aoste, 2000, no. 28, illustrated in colour, as 'The Brenva Glacier from Notre Dame de la Guerison,

above Courmayeur, Val d'Aosta, 1836'.

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