Date: 1954
Medium: watercolor on paper
Artist: George Finey (1895 - 1987, Australian)
Framed size (in inches): approximately22 7/8 W x 20 3/8 H
Signed:lower right: “Finey '54”
Condition: excellent vintage condition;
Framing: original frame with later painting; wear to frame consistent with age; new mat, conservation-quality glass and backing recently added. Original gallery label retained and included.
This expressive watercolor still life features a graceful arrangement of flowers in a vase alongside fruit and decorative objects, rendered in fluid washes of blues, grays, and warm earth tones that capture the spontaneous, luminous quality of the medium.
This piece’s original backing carried the label of the Whyte Gallery, Washington, DC. Operating in the 1930s through 1950s, the gallery was notable for hosting the first U.S. solo exhibition for M.C. Escher in 1954.
Date: 1954
Medium: watercolor on paper
Artist: George Finey (1895 - 1987, Australian)
Framed size (in inches): approximately22 7/8 W x 20 3/8 H
Signed:lower right: “Finey '54”
Condition: excellent vintage condition;
Framing: original frame with later painting; wear to frame consistent with age; new mat, conservation-quality glass and backing recently added. Original gallery label retained and included.
This expressive watercolor still life features a graceful arrangement of flowers in a vase alongside fruit and decorative objects, rendered in fluid washes of blues, grays, and warm earth tones that capture the spontaneous, luminous quality of the medium.
This piece’s original backing carried the label of the Whyte Gallery, Washington, DC. Operating in the 1930s through 1950s, the gallery was notable for hosting the first U.S. solo exhibition for M.C. Escher in 1954.
