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LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998)
Trévignon-Brittany, France
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Oil on linen burlap canvas, 1963. 495x724 inches; 19
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x28
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inches. Signed, titled, dated and
inscribed “©” in ink, lower right recto. Signed and titled and inscribed with the artist’sWashington,
DC address in ink, verso across the stretcher bars.
Provenance: collection of the artist, with her hand-written label on the frame back; thence by
descent to the current owner, private collection, NewYork.
This beautiful coastal view of Trévignon, Brittany, along the northwest tip of France, is reminiscent
of the artist’s Provincetown landscapes. In the summer of 1963, Jones painted and traveled through
six European countries - including the north and the south of France. Benjamin p. 127.
[10,000/15,000]
