Reginald Arthur - Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream

April 28, 2022

Vistas: American & European Art

Lot 272

Reginald Arthur

English (fl. 1881-1896)

Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream (1894)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

40 x 50 inches

Signature

signed and dated '1894' lower right; signed and dated '1893' to verso

Additional Info

housed in a custom gilt and carved gesso over wood frame, ornately carved in the Egyptian Revival style, text incised vertically to sides:

'behold there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the / land of Egypt and there shall arise after them seven years of famine'

paper label remnant inscribed in ink with artist's name and frame inscription affixed to verso

Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Price Realized: $56,250
Includes buyer's premium

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Frame Information: frame dimensions: 64 x 74 1/4 x 5 inches large ornate custom gilt carved gesso over wood frame, Egyptian revival style, some losses particularly to columned edge and some cracks to joinery
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Christie's, London, 25 October 1991, lot 65 Julian Hartnoll’s Gallery, 14 Mason’s Yard, Duke Street, St. James’s, London, label affixed to frame verso
Condition: overall in good condition, on original stretcher bars, with craquelure throughout, scattered areas of minor inpainting visible under blacklight, including above Joseph's arms, the Pharaoh's eye, and to background figures

losses and lifting along lower edge (does not affect signature or date) due to humidity, some shrinkage with associated minor undulations to upper right corner, wear to extreme edges and overlap, including some old insect damage to upper overlap (does not affect image), with general soiling to canvas verso, would benefit from a cleaning and some restoration

area of lifting along lower left edge is stable

note: blue painted area above the doorway appears to be a paint effect depicting smoke traveling from a censer

canvas measures approx 40 x 50 inches

frame measures approx 64 x 74 1/4 x 5 inches

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Seymour Stein

Legendary Sire Records co-founder, Seymour Stein, kick-started the era of punk and new wave music in the 1970s and ‘80s, by signing to the label such iconic artists as the Ramones, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Ice-T, and famously, in 1982, Madonna. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Beginning in the early 1970s, while traveling as a young businessman throughout Europe, Stein developed an enthusiasm for early 20th-century art. Wherever he went, he sought out antique stores, art fairs, and major auction houses — ultimately forging a vast collection.

The Collecting Eye of Seymour Stein, Sotheby’s 2003 auction showcased Stein’s interest in Art Deco furniture and porcelain, metalwork and glassware, European Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Works from the distinguished collection were also included in Sotheby’s 2018, Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, auction.

Seymour Stein passed on April 2nd, 2023.