Felix Kelly (b.1914)

La Sarrazine, Antibes

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Felix Kelly (b.1914)
La Sarrazine, Antibes
signed and dated 'Felix Kelly 67' (lower right), inscribed 'Painted for/William.Gower.Esq./"LA SARRAZINE"/Antibes./Felix.Kelly./London. 1967.' (on the reverse)
oil on board
26 x 34 in. (66 x 86.4 cm.)
and a portrait of William Gower (the owner of 'La Sarrazine') by Tade Styka; and a cheque from William Gower, dated 12 January 1968, to Felix Kelly. (2)

Lot Essay

'La Sarrazine' was the home of William Gower, head of the American Red Cross during the Second World War. He retired after the war to this villa at Antibes where he entertained Churchill, Eisenhower, Somerset Maugham and other society figures of the day.

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