Still life

Details

Mary Fedden, R.A. (b. 1915)
Still life
signed and dated 'Fedden 1949' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.)

Provenance

Gifted by the artist to her sister and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

In 1947 Fedden held her first exhibition at the Mansard Gallery in Heal's Department Store, where she showed still life and flower paintings. Following this she was commissioned to paint covers for Woman magazine, of which the present work is an example.

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