Under a Chestnut Tree

From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde

KING, Jessie M.

KING, Jessie M. Under a Chestnut Tree From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde

1915.

Original ink and watercolour, heightened in gold, on paper. 20cm x 25cm. Signed in full to the lower right hand corner. In fine, clean condition.

A striking painting with a distinctive Glasgow feel. Below the image, in the artist's trademark stylised lettering, is the legend' "And being weary she sat down under a chestnut tree to rest."
This image was drawn for the Oscar Wilde fairy story, 'The Star Child'.

PROVENANCE: From the collection of A.D. Portno

LITERATURE: A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (Methuen, 1915), opposite p.142.

Stock ID: 42863

£12,500.00

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