Lot Essay
Laureate of a grant to Black Africa in 1957, Faure kept her studio in Brazzaville as a base, while she spent two years exploring the Congo, Gabon, Chad and Oubangui-Chari.
Two African mothers 'Deux mères africaines'
Details
Elisabeth Faure (1906-1964)
Two African mothers
'Deux mères africaines'
signed lower left E. Faure
oil on plywood
90 x 56 cm
Two African mothers
'Deux mères africaines'
signed lower left E. Faure
oil on plywood
90 x 56 cm
Literature
Lynne Thornton, Les Africanistes, peintres voyageurs 1860-1960, Paris, A.C.R. Edition, 1990, p.242, illustrated.
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Please note that the medium should read oil on panel