Tulips and Irises

Details

Bernard Meninsky (1891-1950)
Tulips and Irises
signed 'Meninsky' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)

Provenance

Nora Meninsky.
Maria Donska and by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Manchester, Tib Lane Gallery, no. 14, catalogue not traced.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Maria Donska (1912-1996) was a pianist and great friend of Meninsky and his wife Nora. Meninsky painted a portrait of Donska and a bust was made of her by Sir Jacob Epstein, inspired by her playing of Beethoven.

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