Lot Essay
Mrs Best later became Mrs Janet Hart, a notable art collector who later opened her house to the Contemporary Art Society in the 1950s.
Figures under the trees, Evening, Kensington Gardens
Details
Paul Fordyce Maitland (1863-1909)
Figures under the trees, Evening, Kensington Gardens
signed with initials 'PM' (lower left)
oil on panel
4 x 6½ in. (10.2 x 16.5 cm.)
Figures under the trees, Evening, Kensington Gardens
signed with initials 'PM' (lower left)
oil on panel
4 x 6½ in. (10.2 x 16.5 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased at the 1952 exhibition by Mrs Alan Best and by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by Paul Maitland, December 1952, no. 17.
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