Sold
The Butterfly, 1866
George Elgar Hicks (1824 - 1914)
Oil on canvas
21¼ x 17¼ inches
Signed and dated lower right: G. E. Hicks. 1866.
21¼ x 17¼ inches
Signed and dated lower right: G. E. Hicks. 1866.
Provenance
The artist
[With] Messrs. Lloyd, London, United Kingdom, acquired from above, 1866
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, United Kingdom, November 6, 1996, lot 14
Ann and Gordon Getty, acquired from above
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, October 19, 2023, lot 189, from above
Literature
Rosamond Allwood, George Elgar Hicks: Painter of Victorian Life (London: Geffrye Museum, 1983), 56.
Related Work
The Flower Girl, 1874, oil on canvas, 23⅝ x 21⅝ inches; Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, England
Note: Ann Getty was an American philanthropist, publisher, and patron of the arts. Her husband, Gordon Getty, is an American composer and philanthropist, son of Paul Getty who established the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.