Alexander Cozens Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Alexander Cozens Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 08, 2023
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) - A vale near Matlock, Derbyshire
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) A vale near Matlock, Derbyshire oil on canvas 28 x 36 1⁄8 in. (71 x 91.8 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 21, 2023
Clouds.- [Cozens (Alexander)] [A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape], 20 etched illustrations, rare, no printer, [1785].
Est: £150 - £200
Clouds.- [Cozens (Alexander)] [A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape], 20 etched illustrations only on 10 sheets, some spotting, occasional light staining, lightly browned, marginal creasing, contemporary light blue wrappers, creased and soiled, 4to, no printer, [1785]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Any part of this work is rare. John Constable made pencil copies of 20 drawings of skies from an edition of the work at around the same time that he was painting cloud studies on Hampstead Heath.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 11, 2023
ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER COZENS (BRITISH 1717-1786)
Est: £500 - £700
ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER COZENS (BRITISH 1717-1786) Drawings & Watercolours from the Collection of a Connoisseur ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER COZENS (BRITISH 1717-1786) A winding river through a canyon to the sea circa 1760 black ink and grey wash on laid paper tinted with a yellow wash 16.4 x 23.4 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 in)
Chiswick Auctions
Jul. 19, 2022
Alexander Cozens,
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Alexander Cozens, British 1717-1786- The Small lake; pen and black ink and grey wash on paper, signed with the artist's initial ï¿½Cï¿½ (lower left), 11.3 x 15 cm. Provenance: Collection of L. H. Gilbert.; With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, no.36764.; Private Collection, UK, since 1974.; By descent. Exhibited: London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1974, no.62. Note: Cozens was particularly celebrated for his landscapes executed in watercolour or wash, generally composed with a muted colour palette. Indeed, the grey wash of the present work is particularly effective for imbuing the scene with a heavy atmospheric quality. The influence of the French landscape artist Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), in whose studio Cozens worked whilst living in Rome, can clearly be sensed in the artistï¿½s work. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 06, 2021
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) - Footpads in a forest
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) Footpads in a forest pencil, pen and black ink, brown and grey wash on buff prepared paper 11 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (29.2 x 39.8 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 02, 2019
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail on the horizon pencil and brown ink and wash on tinted paper 3 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (9.9 x 15.9 cm.)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail on the horizon signed 'Alexr. Cozens' (lower right, and lower left on the mount) pencil and brown ink and wash on tinted paper 3 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (9.9 x 15.9 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 03, 2018
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail o
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ALEXANDER COZENS (RUSSIA 1717-1786 LONDON) A coastal landscape with a tower, a sail on the horizon signed 'Alexr. Cozens' (lower right, and lower left on the mount) pencil and brown ink and wash on tinted paper 3 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (9.9 x 15.9 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 28, 2018
AFTER ALEXANDER COZENS (1717-1786)
Est: £100 - £150
VIEW OF ETON COLLEGE FROM THE EAST (INCLUDING AN ENGRAVING AFTER TURNER AND TWO FURTHER ENGRAVINGS) engraving 28.5 x 36.5cm -4
Olympia Auctions
Nov. 27, 2012
[COZENS (ALEXANDER)]
Est: £300 - £500
The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees For the Use of Painting and Drawing, engraved title, mounted, and 32 engraved plates, each with caption titles, bookplate of Doctor Batty, Fairlight, contemporary red morocco, gilt, rubbed, brass clasp, defective, small 4to (127 x 115mm.), n.p., 27 April 1771
Bonhams
Sep. 20, 2012
Alexander Cozens (British, 1717-1786) - Landscape with a Rider on a Bridge - watercolour
Est: £400 - £600
Alexander Cozens (British, 1717-1786) Landscape with a Rider on a Bridge and Classical Statues watercolour h:13 w: 18 cm Provenance: The Little Gallery, 5 Kensington Church Walk, London, W8. From the collection of Anthony Jennings.
Cheffins
Sep. 19, 2012
Attributed to Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Est: £200 - £300
Attributed to Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) Mountain landscape Pen and ink and washes on grey paper 13.5 x 16.5cm; 5¼...
Woolley & Wallis
Dec. 08, 2011
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) A wooded landscape with two figures and a goat before a classical temple signed 'COUZONS' [sic] (lower left, on a fragment of the backing sheet attached to the drawing) pen and grey ink and grey wash, varnished, unframed 7¼ x 8½ in. (18.4 x 21.6 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 09, 2010
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) A mountain peak in a rocky landscape signed 'Alexr Cozens.' (lower left, on the original mount) pencil and brown and grey wash, on prepared paper, in the artist's original mount, unframed 9 x 12 3/8 in. (22.8 x 31.4 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 14, 2010
ALEXANDER COZENS
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
ALEXANDER COZENS 1717 - 1786 PICTURESQUE COASTAL LANDSCAPE pen with black ink and grey and brown washes on laid paper, varnished 9.5 by 13.5 cm.; 3 3/4 by 5 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Jul. 07, 2010
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) Two landscape studies both signed 'Alexυr: Cozens.' (lower right in the margin) one with inscription 'The principal Light in the Sky', one with inscription 'the principal Light in the Land,' (lower left, in the margin) pen and black ink and grey wash on paper, varnished 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (10.5 x 15.5 cm.) a pair (2)
Christie's
Dec. 11, 2009
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Alexander Cozens (Russia 1717-1786 London) A rocky landscape with signature 'A Cozens' (lower left, on the original backing sheet) brush and brown wash on paper 10 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (26.4 x 37.8 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 29, 2009
Circle of Alexander Cozens (Russia c.1717-1786 London)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Circle of Alexander Cozens (Russia c.1717-1786 London) A view of Cader Idris, Snowdonia, North Wales, at sunset oil on canvas 16 x 24 in. (40.7 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 14, 2009
Circle of Alexander Cozens 1717-1786- Study of
Est: £200 - £300
Circle of Alexander Cozens 1717-1786- Study of Roman ruins; watercolour and bodycolour, bears an early inscribed letter attached verso, 26x36cm., (unframed). Note: Alexander Cozens traditionally held to be the natural son of Peter the Great of Russia and an Englishwoman Mary Davenport. The czar took her to Russia, where Cozens was born (b. St. Petersburg, 1717) Alexander Cozens was in fact son of Richard Cozens (1674-1735), who worked for Peter the Great as a shipbuilder. Alexander Cozens was sent to study painting in Italy from where he travelled to England around 1746. In 1760 he was among the contributors to the first public exhibition in London of works by living artists.
Roseberys
Oct. 29, 2008
Circle of Alexander Cozens (Russia c.1717-1786 London)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Circle of Alexander Cozens (Russia c.1717-1786 London) A view of Cader Idris, Snowdonia, North Wales, at sunset oil on canvas 16 x 24 in. (40.7 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2007
A wooded landscape with two figures and a goat before a classical temple
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) A wooded landscape with two figures and a goat before a classical temple signed 'COUZONS [sic.]' (lower left, on fragment of the backing sheet attached to the drawing) pen and grey ink and grey wash, varnished 7¼ x 8½ in. (18.4 x 21.6 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 05, 2007
A landscape with men bathing and a ruined tower beyond
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786) A landscape with men bathing and a ruined tower beyond pen and brown ink and watercolour 12¼ x 17¼ in. (31.1 x 43.8 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 16, 2006
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
A ruined barn amongst trees pen and black ink and grey wash, feigned circle on blue-grey paper 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam.
Christie's
Jun. 05, 2006
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
The Isle of Elba from the sea, Italy signed 'Alex. r Cozens' (lower left, in the margin) and inscribed 'Isle of Elba' (lower centre, in the margin overmounted) pencil, pen and black and grey ink, grey wash, on the artist's original wash-line mount 16 3/8 x 21 1/2 in. (41.5 x 54.6 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 08, 2005
ALEXANDER COZENS 1717-1786
Est: £1,800 - £2,400
AN OAK TREE WITH COTTAGES BEYOND measurements note 15.5 by 19.5 cm., 6 by 7 3/4 in. pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper PROVENANCE Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a) EXHIBITED Winchester College, June 1963; Stroud, Stroud Festival Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 1971 LITERATURE Luke Herrmann and Michael Robinson, 'Sir Bruce Ingram as a Collector of Drawings,' Burlington Magazine, Vol.CV, May 1963, fig.17 NOTE This drawing dates from the artist's early period when he was in England and before he travelled to Rome in 1746
Sotheby's
Jun. 14, 2005
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Est: £100,000 - £150,000
A bay at dusk oil on canvas 26 x 35 3/4 in. (66 x 90.8 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 09, 2005
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: £800 - £1,200
A building among trees brush and black ink 6 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (15.5 x 19.4 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 03, 2004
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
A castle in a landscape signed 'Alex r. Cozens.' (lower left on the artist's washline mount) grey wash on prepared paper 3 7/8 x 7 in. (9.8 x 17.7 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 03, 2004
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Buildings in a mountainous landscape signed 'Alexr. Cozens.' (on the artist's original mount) and numbered '14' (upper right) pencil and brush and grey ink, on tinted paper 9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.8 x 31 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 26, 2004
ALEXANDER COZENS 1717-1786
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
signed on original mount: Alexr Cozens and inscribed u.l.: 4th Stile of Composition/4 A CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH A TOWER BY A LAKE AND MOUNTAINS BEYOND
Sotheby's
Jan. 22, 2003
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Est: $4,890 - $8,150
A coastal landscape with a ruined tower signed 'Alex r Cozens' (lower left, on the mount) and numbered '12' (upper left) pencil, brush and black ink, and brown wash, on prepared paper, on the artist's original mount 33/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm.) PROVENANCE Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 18 March 1980, lot 32. with Agnew's, London, December 1980. Private Collection until 2000. with Agnew's, London, 2001. EXHIBITION London, Agnew's, 128th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 2001, no. 2, illustrated in colour. NOTES A group of similar drawings by Cozens was sold in these Rooms, 20 October 1970, lots 29 - 33, from the collection of Sir John Dimsdale, Bt. Lot 31 (illustrated) is particularly close in composition to the present drawing, as is a drawing in the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, M.W.I. no. 832. Drawings such as these were contemporary with Cozens's Essay to Facilitate the Inventing of Landskips, intended for Students in the Art, 1759. Cozens illustrated his essay with eight such 'rude black sketches' or 'blots'. Each drawing referred to a 'stile of composition' and took the form of outline landscape sketches. A drawing of identical size is illustrated in K. Sloan, Alexander and John Robert Cozens: The Poetry of Landscape, New Haven and London, 1986, p. 31.
Christie's
Dec. 04, 2002
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: $3,140 - $4,710
Coastal scene with a sailing boat signed 'Alexn.Cozens.' (lower left, on the mount) pencil and grey wash, on buff paper 5 1/8 x 61/2 in. (13 x 16.5 cm.).
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2002
Alexander Cozens (c.1717-1786)
Est: $7,750 - $12,400
Buildings in a mountainous landscape signed 'Alex. Cozens.' (on the artist's original mount) and numbered '14' (upper right) pencil and brush and grey ink, on tinted paper 9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.8 x 31 cm.) PROVENANCE Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 8 July 1997, lot 2. with Spink-Leger, London. NOTES It has been suggested that this drawing relates to blot 16 in A New Method of Assisting the Invention or Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape, in which Cozens' articulates his ideas for an 'instantaneous method of bringing forth the conception of an ideal subject fully to view.' A drawing sold at Sotheby's, 20 July 1978, as 'In Calabria' shows the same view as blot 16 and would also seem to be related to the present drawing. It depicts the same flat and expansive foreground and is executed on similar paper with pencil numbering. Both drawings are stylistically similar to 'Landscape with Goat and Goatherd' in the Victoria and Albert Museum, which is dated 1765. We are grateful to Dr. Kim Sloane for dating this drawing to the 1760s.
Christie's
Jun. 06, 2002
Alexander Cozens (1717-1786)
Est: $14,600 - $21,900
An ideal landscape pencil, brush and brown ink, irregular 93/4 x 12 in. (24.8 x 30.5 cm.) PROVENANCE William Howard, Lord Andover and thence by descent in the family. with William Drummond, London. NOTES This work has been dated to circa 1750, soon after the artist's return from Italy in 1749, by comparison with two drawings in the Yale Center for British Art (A. Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, New Haven, 1980, p. 24, nos. 7 and 8, illustrated pl. 4), though see also Cattle in a Landscape, dated by Wilton to the 1770s ( op. cit., p. 27, no. 17, illustrated pl. 7); these compositions reflect the Claudian classical compositions that Cozens would have associated with Italy. The approach and technique of these drawings is distinct from the 'blots' published in the artist's A New Method of associating the Invention in Drawing Original Compositions of Landscape, published circa 1785 (see Wilton, op. cit., pp. 31-5, nos. 26-68, illustrated pls. 13-20). The collection of William Howard consisted of many drawings by Cozens; some of which were dated between 1743 and 1778.
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