© The artist's estate
© The artist's estate
Two Perspective Drawings of Castle Drogo, Devon
Cyril Arthur Farey
- Art Funded
- 1983
- Dimensions
- 60.3 x 102.8 cm & 62.8 x 51.7 cm
- Vendor
- Christie's
1) Castle Drogo, circa 1924; 2) Castle Drogo from the South, circa 1923.
Castle Drogo was commissioned from Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1910 by Julius Drewe, who had made a fortune as a young man by establishing the grocery stores, Home and Colonial. Both client and architect had a romantic vision of a great medieval fortress.
Provenance
Acquired from the office of Sir Edwin Lutyens on his death in 1944 by Mr A Neville Holt, sold at Christie's, 14 December 1982.