Lot 92
Charles Conder (1868-1909)
Saturn, black chalk, pencil, coloured wash, 1900
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Charles Conder (1868-1909)
Saturn
Charcoal, coloured wash on paper
Signed and dated ‘C. Conder 1900’ in the lower left corner
21 x 21 cm (8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in)
Provenance:
Christies, Melbourne, 1st August 1995, lot 145
Christie's, Melbourne, Australian and International Paintings, 25th November 1999, lot 477
⁂ 'By Saturn they seek to represent that power which maintains the cyclic course of times and seasons... Saturn for his part got his name because he was "sated" with years; the story that he regularly devoured his own children is explained by the fact that time devours the courses of the seasons, and gorges itself "insatiably" on the years that are past...' [Quintus Lucilius Balbus, as quoted by Cicero]
Description
Charles Conder (1868-1909)
Saturn
Charcoal, coloured wash on paper
Signed and dated ‘C. Conder 1900’ in the lower left corner
21 x 21 cm (8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in)
Provenance:
Christies, Melbourne, 1st August 1995, lot 145
Christie's, Melbourne, Australian and International Paintings, 25th November 1999, lot 477
⁂ 'By Saturn they seek to represent that power which maintains the cyclic course of times and seasons... Saturn for his part got his name because he was "sated" with years; the story that he regularly devoured his own children is explained by the fact that time devours the courses of the seasons, and gorges itself "insatiably" on the years that are past...' [Quintus Lucilius Balbus, as quoted by Cicero]
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