Two views of the Villa Nova, Barbados

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ALICE ACHESON (AMERICAN, 1895-1996)
Two views of the Villa Nova, Barbados
both signed 'Alice Acheson' (lower right)
i) pen on paper
ii) watercolour on paper
i) 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (30 x 28.6 cm.)
ii) 13 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. (35 x 48.9 cm.)
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Provenance

A gift from the artist to The Earl and Countess of Avon.

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.

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Lot Essay

Alice Acheson was an American painter and illustrator. Born to an artistic family, her grandfather was the celebrated artist John Mix Stanley, she married the statesman Dean Acheson in 1917. Dean Acheson served as 51st US Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman and became a lifetime friend of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, often staying with them in Barbados, at Villa Nova, the villa they purchased in 1965.

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