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Felix Kelly (1916-1994)
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Felix Kelly (1916-1994)

Lower Soar Farm, South Devon

細節
Felix Kelly (1916-1994)
Lower Soar Farm, South Devon
oil on paper
9 x 11¼ in. (22.8 x 28.5 cm.)
Executed in 1942.
來源
with Alex Reid & Lefevre, London.
出版
H. Read, Paintings by Felix Kelly, London, 1946, no. 34, illustrated.
展覽
Chichester, Festival Exhibition, The Tudor Room of the Bishop's Palace, Farm, Field and Fantasty; Visions of the English Countryside from the 18th Century to the Present Day, July 1989, no. 39.
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拍品專文

During the War, the young Felix Kelly was based on a secret R.A.F. station on the moors in south Devon. They were using top secret newly developed Radar to try to divert the German bombers from destroying the docks in Plymouth and to drop their bombs on the unoccupied moor. Lower Soar Farm was the artist's billet. Covering the moor surrounding the farm were large pit prop type stakes, known as Glider Stakes, which were placed on open ground to prevent aerial invasion by glider-bourne troops. These can be seen in the present work above the farmhouse.