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The concert between the musician and a bird
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Annie Louise Mawe (exh.1890-1927)
The concert between the musician and a bird
signed and dated 'Annie Maw/1880' (lower right), inscribed 'The concert between a Musician and a bird/"A nightingale,/Nature's best skilled musician, undertakes/The challenge, and for every several strain/The well-shaped youth could touch, she sang/her own." - Ford. (on a label, on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unframed
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
The concert between the musician and a bird
signed and dated 'Annie Maw/1880' (lower right), inscribed 'The concert between a Musician and a bird/"A nightingale,/Nature's best skilled musician, undertakes/The challenge, and for every several strain/The well-shaped youth could touch, she sang/her own." - Ford. (on a label, on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unframed
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
T. Blundell-Turner; Christie's, London, 5 April 1955, lot 144 (unsold).
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