Adrian Feint (1894-1971)

oil on board, signed l.r.c. ‘Adrian Feint’ signed and dated verso ‘Property of Lesley Godden/Adrian Feint, 12/3/1951’

The Staffordshire dog appears in several other paintings including Still life Staffordshire, 1938/39, Collection National Gallery of Australia, illustrated Adrian Feint Cornucopia, Wakefield Press, 2009, p 82 and mischievously appears as Untitled (Tasmanian tiger) in a 1971 pencil sketch now in the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale.

Measurements:

16 x 12 cm

Provenance:

The Collection of Lesley Godden, thence by descent

Labels:

Susan in the Moonlight, 1944, illustrated in Adrian Feint Flower Paintings, Sydney Ure Smith (ed), Ure Smith, 1948, plate 1. Listed as Collection of the Artist.

• EStimate $1,500 - $2,000
• sold $1,800 Incl BP