Lot description
Mary Kessell, British 1914-1977 - Standing Nude, 1937; pencil and ink on paper, signed and dated lower left 'Mary M Kessell 1937', 56 x 29 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame) Note: Kessell studied at the Clapham School of Art from 1935-37 and then at the Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1937-39. She 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.