Study for "A Summer Night"

Albert Joseph Moore, 1884 - 1886 about
WAG 2010.1

Walker Art Gallery

Information

This drawing is a preparatory work for the oil painting 'A Summer Night', also in the Walker Art Gallery's collection (WAG 2125). Produced between 1884 and 1886 it shows that Moore took several years to develop the oil painting, exhibited in 1890. One of many drawings produced by Moore to perfect his original idea, it shows a mirror images of the final work, in which the figures have been reversed and their poses adjusted. Moore in this drawing was working through ideas of draped rather than nude figures.

Specifications

Accession number
WAG 2010.1
Collection type
Drawing or Watercolour - Drawing
Artist
Albert Joseph Moore
Date made
1884 - 1886 about
Materials
Tracing paper; Chalk
Measurements
Paper: 16 cm x 29 cm
Credit line
Purchased by the Walker Art Gallery with the support of Art Fund in 2010
Legal status
Permanent collection
Provenance
Sarah Colegrave, Previous owner, From a private collector, Sold to the Walker Ar…
Location
Item not currently on display