George Frederick Watts
Clytie

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Artist George Frederick WattsEnglish, 1817–1904

CultureEnglish

Titles

Clytie

Datec. 1868

MediumPainted plaster

Dimensions31 11/16 × 23 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (80.5 × 60 × 40 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2017"

Object number2017.205

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

220 McNair Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceBy repute, George Frederick Watts’s personal collection, and then by descent to his adopted daughter, Lillian Chapman; purchased by Anton Lock from Lillian Chapman, 1950s; purchased by David Loshak, author of ‘George Frederic Watts 1817-1904’, from Anton Lock, 1962; by descent to private collection; [Christie's, London, King Street, Sale 1580, "Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art," 11 December, 2014, Lot 4];[ purchased by Daniel Katz Ltd., London]; acquired by MFAH May 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Incised on the upper edge of one of the leaves; G F.Watts

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