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GEORGE OAKES | CAVALIER WITH BLUE AND WHITE VASE: A PAIR OF WATERCOLORS
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
GEORGE OAKES
British
1940 - 2017
CAVALIER WITH BLUE AND WHITE VASE: A PAIR OF WATERCOLORS
one signed GO (lower center)
both watercolor on paper
each sight, 14 ¼ by 17 ⅜ in.; 36.2 by 44.1 cm
We are grateful to Lucinda Oakes for confirming the attribution to George Oakes. This pair can be dated to the 1970s, when George was head designer at Colefax & Fowler. The frames were painted either by Oakes or the studio at Colefax & Fowler. The left picture is reproduced in Chester Jones, Colefax & Fowler: The Best in English Interior Decoration (Boston 1989), p.87
We are grateful to Lucinda Oakes for confirming the attribution to George Oakes. This pair can be dated to the 1970s, when George was head designer at Colefax & Fowler. The frames were painted either by Oakes or the studio at Colefax & Fowler. The left picture is reproduced in Chester Jones, Colefax & Fowler: The Best in English Interior Decoration (Boston 1989), p.87