ΦMary Fedden, OBE, RA, RWA (1915-2012)

ΦMary Fedden, OBE, RA, RWA (1915-2012)
Cock and Hens
Signed and dated Fedden 1995 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
50.7 x 61cm

Exhibited:
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, Mary Fedden RA PPRWA Retrospective, June-July 1996, no. 120

This work probably depicts chickens belonging to Dame Elisabeth Frink. Mary Fedden was a frequent visitor to Woolland, Frink's Dorset home, where numerous chickens were kept. Fedden titled a comparable work from 1993 Lis' Hens (see Bonhams, 28 March 2006, lot 38).