Benjamin West
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Christie's
A sketchbook of eighty-one drawings, including An expressive male head ( illustrated b); Study of a draped female nude; Profile of a bearded man; Profile of a man, possibly taken from a Roman bust; Profile of a bearded man, possibly taken from a Greek statue; Three figures in Renaissance costume; Life study for a standard-bearer; A draped male nude seen from behind; A reclining river nymph ( illustrated e); Two life studies of a draped female nude; A muscular male nude ( illustrated c); A male nude seated on a step; A seated female nude wearing a hair net; Profile of a young girl in prayer; Cupid; David playing the harp; Study of a woman's arm; A seated male nude holding a thunderbolt; Life study of a female nude in a Mannerist pose; A reclining male nude; Two seated male nudes in Classical costume; Andromeda ( illustrated a); Sketch of a reclining female nude; Composition study for 'The Rape of Persephone' ( illustrated i); Two male figures in Biblical drapery; Composition study for 'Hector parting from Andromache and Astyanax'; Life study of a seated male nude; Designs for hairstyles for 'Juno presenting the Cestus to Venus'; The infant Hercules strangling the serpent; Studies for 'The Resurrection' ( recto and verso ); Studies of shoulder muscles; Composition study with labourers and a wagon in a barn; Study of cattle; Study of two infants and two grotesque heads; Petitioners appealing to a lord ( illustrated g); Venus and Cupid; Four life studies of a seated female nude; A cloaked, seated Native American warrior; Life study of a seated male nude; Philosophers disputing; Study of a doorway; Seven studies of écorché limbs; Two composition studies showing a robed, chained figure in a hall before a judge; A young woman in the presence of a ruler; Study of a putto ( illustrated e); Two sheets of studies of figures in contemporary dress; Narcissus; A robed, bearded figure, possibly an Apostle; Narcissus and Echo; Sketch of Narcissus; Two classical male figures in an interior [half the page has been excised]; 'Noli me tangere'; Esther before Ahasuerus; A kneeling female figure; Study for 'The Death of Epaminondas' ( illustrated f); Two composition studies for pastoral scenes; A Roman orator addressing troops before a temple; Study for 'Hector parting from Andromache and Astyanax'; Sketch of a sacked city, possibly Troy; Aphrodite bringing Helen to Paris ( illustrated d); Study of two figures, probably for 'Rinaldo and Armida'; A young man fording a river with two horses; Venus requesting armour for Aeneas from Vulcan; Composition study of Thetis supplicating Zeus; and Head of a bearded man
A sketchbook of eighty-one drawings, including An expressive male head ( illustrated b); Study of a draped female nude; Profile of a bearded man; Profile of a man, possibly taken from a Roman bust; Profile of a bearded man, possibly taken from a Greek statue; Three figures in Renaissance costume; Life study for a standard-bearer; A draped male nude seen from behind; A reclining river nymph ( illustrated e); Two life studies of a draped female nude; A muscular male nude ( illustrated c); A male nude seated on a step; A seated female nude wearing a hair net; Profile of a young girl in prayer; Cupid; David playing the harp; Study of a woman's arm; A seated male nude holding a thunderbolt; Life study of a female nude in a Mannerist pose; A reclining male nude; Two seated male nudes in Classical costume; Andromeda ( illustrated a); Sketch of a reclining female nude; Composition study for 'The Rape of Persephone' ( illustrated i); Two male figures in Biblical drapery; Composition study for 'Hector parting from Andromache and Astyanax'; Life study of a seated male nude; Designs for hairstyles for 'Juno presenting the Cestus to Venus'; The infant Hercules strangling the serpent; Studies for 'The Resurrection' ( recto and verso ); Studies of shoulder muscles; Composition study with labourers and a wagon in a barn; Study of cattle; Study of two infants and two grotesque heads; Petitioners appealing to a lord ( illustrated g); Venus and Cupid; Four life studies of a seated female nude; A cloaked, seated Native American warrior; Life study of a seated male nude; Philosophers disputing; Study of a doorway; Seven studies of écorché limbs; Two composition studies showing a robed, chained figure in a hall before a judge; A young woman in the presence of a ruler; Study of a putto ( illustrated e); Two sheets of studies of figures in contemporary dress; Narcissus; A robed, bearded figure, possibly an Apostle; Narcissus and Echo; Sketch of Narcissus; Two classical male figures in an interior [half the page has been excised]; 'Noli me tangere'; Esther before Ahasuerus; A kneeling female figure; Study for 'The Death of Epaminondas' ( illustrated f); Two composition studies for pastoral scenes; A Roman orator addressing troops before a temple; Study for 'Hector parting from Andromache and Astyanax'; Sketch of a sacked city, possibly Troy; Aphrodite bringing Helen to Paris ( illustrated d); Study of two figures, probably for 'Rinaldo and Armida'; A young man fording a river with two horses; Venus requesting armour for Aeneas from Vulcan; Composition study of Thetis supplicating Zeus; and Head of a bearded man
£43,700 ($58k USD)
Nov 2007

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Feb 2026 · $10.2K
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