Elyse Ashe Lord (1915-1972)
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Elyse Ashe Lord (1915-1972)

A Japanese deity rising to the sky

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Elyse Ashe Lord (1915-1972)
A Japanese deity rising to the sky
signed 'E. Lord' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with silver, on paper
17 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (44.5 x 29.8 cm.)
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

A watercolourist and print maker, Lord specialised in delicate depictions of the Orient, and her work was published by the London dealer Alexander Reid and Lefevre. She exhibited at The Fine Art Society, the Royal Academy, and the Paris Salon.

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