Jamaica Bay

Details

Sir Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Jamaica Bay
signed 'NöEL COWARD' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

The Noel Coward Collection, Christie's, London, 18 February 1988, lot 3, where purchased by the present owner (£46,000)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Cole Lesley, Coward's lifelong friend and secretary, writes that (in) 'the paintings of Jamaica - which are among his best ... he has caught the essential spirit and many moods of that lovely island. It is true to say that all those countless hours he spent at his easel were among the most carefree and happy of his life' (C. Lesley, The Life of Noel Coward, London, 1976, p. 241).

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