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Estate Interior Decoupage

1990

Delightful watercolour rendering of 'Lover Letters' in the manner of Fragonard Art Sz: 10 1/2"H x 10 1/4"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 16"W w/ coral mat & gilt bamboo frame

w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

Elegant interior featuring columned walls w/ pairs of columns & an ornate ceiling w/ chandelier Art Sz: 12"H x 20"W Frame Sz: 17"H x 25"W

Delightful & delicate watercolour on papier featuring approx. 20 hand-embellished stationary sheets replete with cartouches & scrolling throughout signed & titled (LR) Art Sz: 12"H ...

Mixed media still life with enhance lithographic oranges on a faux silver leaf background. Presented in an impressive carved wood frame.

Paper Collage My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do no find in other media. When working ...

A contemporary watercolor of an Interior vignette with sunburst mirror, matted and finished in a faux bamboo frame.

Paper Collage My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do no find in other media. When working w...