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| Keywords: John Constable - The Lock (second Foster version).jpg Artwork Creator John Constable mld A view of Flatford Lock on the Stour river painted by John Constable the second Foster version in a private collection since 1855 and offered for sale at Sotheby's London 9 December 2015 1825 oil canvas unlined Size cm 139 7 122 Institution Private collection accession number object history The artist's sale London Foster's 15-16 May 1838 lot 76 to Charles Birch for £131 5 0; His sale London Foster's 15 February 1855 lot 18 to W Orme Foster for £903; William Orme Foster 1814 “1900 at 6 Belgrave Square from 1855 to 1900 and later at Apley Park Shropshire; By descent to his grandson Major Arthur William Foster 1884 “1960 ; By inheritance to his nephew Major-General Edward Henry Goulburn 1903 “1980 ; By inheritance to his cousin the father of the present owners exhibition history Brussels Exposition National des Beaux Arts 1833 as 'A Barge passing a Lock' ; Worcester Institution 1834 no 141 as 'Landscape “ a barge passing a Lock on the Stour' ; Birmingham Society of Artists 1838 no 42; Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857 no 298 lent by W O Foster ; Wrexham Museum and Art Gallery 1876 no 283 lent by Mr Foster of Apley ; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Works of Art from Midland Homes 1953 no 5; London Tate Gallery Bicentenary Exhibition 1976 no 312; Manchester City Art Gallery 2007; On loan to Tate Britain London April 2013 “ August 2014 Sold at Sotheby's London 9 December 2015 on its low estimate realizing £9 109 000 including hammer price and buyer's premium credit line inscribed on an old label verso in the artist's hand Landscape Barge passing a Lock / J Constable R A 35 Charlotte St / London mld This is the second of two versions of the painting part of his monumental six-footer series of views of the Stour valley which many regard as the pinnacle of Constable's career The view of the lock at Flatford mill is the fifth in the series and the only one for which Constable made a second copy although later in his career he commonly made copies of his most popular paintings as he did for example with his views of Salisbury Cathedral The painting remained in Constable's possession until his death when it was auctioned as part of his 1838 studio sale at Foster's London hence its name but it also subsequently passed into the hands of the Foster family It was the version used by David Lucas for his popular 1834 mezzotint http //www telegraph co uk/news/uknews/11891243/Constables-own-version-of-iconic-painting-goes-on-sale-for-the-first-time-in-160-years html Daily Telegraph 26 September 2015 A Lyles et al Constable The Great Landscapes http //www tate org uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/constable-great-landscapes Tate exhibition catalogue London 2006 p 154; http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/old-master-british-paintings-evening-sale-l15036/lot 44 html Sotheby's cropped of its frame and the frame shadow without further processing <gallery> File John Constable A Boat Passing a Lock jpg First 1824 Morrison version File David Lucas after John Constable - The Lock and Dedham Vale jpg 1834 mezzotint by David Lucas File Constable1 jpg A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art File John Constable - Study of A boat passing a lock - Google Art Project jpg A study in the National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne </gallery> PD-old-auto 1837 PD-US DEFAULTSORT Constable The Lock; Foster Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings by John Constable of Flatford Mill Canal locks in art Paintings of men at work 1825 paintings | ||||
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