Italian coast from La Mortola
signed and dated 'F.D. - 25' (lower left); signed and titled 'Frank Dicksee' (verso)
oil on panel
37 x 54cm
Provenance
Frank Dicksee;
Bequeathed to Herbert and Ella Dicksee;
Thence by descent to Pamela Service
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1925, no.447;
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition of Works by Deceased Members, 1933, no.171
Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £2,000 |
Footnote
The present work was 'painted while Dicksee was staying at the villa of his friend, the painter Herbert Arnould Olivier and his wife Margaret on the Italian Riviera near Ventimiglia.'
- Simon Toll, Frank Dicksee 1853-1928 His Art and Life, ACC Art Books, 2017
We are extremely grateful to Simon Toll, author of Frank Dicksee 1853-1928 His Art and Life, for his assistance in cataloguing the present work and the entire Pamela Service Collection.