Lot description
Mary Kessell, British 1914-1977 - Study, c.1950; gouache and charcoal on paper, 25.3 x 30.3 cm: with original backing board (ARR) Provenance: with The Leicester Galleries, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the original backing board); D. K. Roberts (according to the label attached to the reverse of the original backing board); with Goldmark Gallery, Rutland; private collection Exhibited: The Leicester Galleries, London, 'Mary Kessel', May 1950, no.12 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the original backing board) Note: The artist was commissioned during the Second World War to travel to Germany where she worked as an official war artist, visiting Bergen-Belsen and creating images of refugees. A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at Camden Arts Centre in 1980.